Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 5419 · Skilled trades occupations

Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of textiles and related craft occupations not elsewhere classified in minor group 541: Textiles, garments and related trades.

How people enter it

Entry does not depend on academic qualifications. Training is mainly on-the-job although relevant vocational courses and qualifications are available in some areas.

What the work involves

marks out, cuts and sews corsets, light clothing and hoods and aprons and makes and repairs sails, boat covers and other canvas goods
fills and stuffs cushions, quilts, soft toys and furniture
examines sketches and draws out patterns for the manufacture of garments and upholstery
sets up and operates power and hand looms and machines to weave fibre into fabrics and carpets
knits garments and other articles form yarn by machine or by hand
shapes and steams fabric into hats or hoods and gives final shape to fibre helmets and felt hats
performs other tasks not elsewhere classified, for example, forms mounts for wigs, makes buttons, shapes hat brims, and staples seams of industrial gloves

Also called

Clothing manufacturer · Embroiderer · Hand sewer · Knitter · Sail maker · Weaver · Upholstery cutter

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	8,300.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	9,100.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	11,200.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	—	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate is less than 500
5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	2,000.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	11,500.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	900.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	1,200.00	2026-03
East Midlands	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	1,400.00	2026-03
London	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	withheld	2026-03
North East	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	withheld	2026-03
North West	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	2,200.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	withheld	2026-03
Scotland	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	2,000.00	2026-03
South East	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	withheld	2026-03
South West	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	800.00	2026-03
Wales	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	900.00	2026-03
West Midlands	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	1,900.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	5419 : Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	None	withheld	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 7 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Footwear and leather working trades · Tailors and dressmakers · Upholsterers