Fashion Designers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications
Design clothing and accessories. Create original designs or adapt fashion trends.

What a fashion designer does

Become a fashion designer

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good fashion designer

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Talking to others.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
  • Understanding people's reactions.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $53 per hour with an average salary of $95,800 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $38 and $60 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $32,900 and $101,400 per year.
  • 62% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.

Part-time

  • The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $59 per hour with an average salary of $42,700 per year.

Fashion Designer job outlook

  • There are 238 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 193 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Multiple Jobs

  • 13% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Programs to get you there

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