Fashion: BLS Spotlight on Statistics

Fashion Designers

Employment of fashion designers, by state, May 2011
State	Employment
Alabama	40
Alaska	(1)
Arizona	(1)
Arkansas	(1)
California	4,480
Colorado	80
Connecticut	(1)
Delaware	(1)
District of Columbia	(1)
Florida	260
Georgia	130
Hawaii	30
Idaho	(1)
Illinois	110
Indiana	(1)
Iowa	(1)
Kansas	30
Kentucky	(1)
Louisiana	(1)
Maine	50
Maryland	100
Massachusetts	170
Michigan	30
Minnesota	60
Mississippi	(1)
Missouri	120
Montana	(1)
Nebraska	(1)
Nevada	(1)
New Hampshire	50
New Jersey	460
New Mexico	(1)
New York	(1)
North Carolina	110
North Dakota	(1)
Ohio	380
Oklahoma	(1)
Oregon	100
Pennsylvania	170
Rhode Island	(1)
South Carolina	80
South Dakota	(1)
Tennessee	40
Texas	410
Utah	40
Vermont	(1)
Virginia	30
Washington	300
West Virginia	(1)
Wisconsin	170
Wyoming	(1)
Footnotes: (1) Data not available.

Annual mean wage of fashion designers, by state, May 2011
State	Annual mean wage
Alabama	$45,760
Alaska	(1)
Arizona	(1)
Arkansas	68,690
California	72,910
Colorado	66,420
Connecticut	(1)
Delaware	(1)
District of Columbia	(1)
Florida	63,410
Georgia	64,760
Hawaii	54,610
Idaho	(1)
Illinois	61,340
Indiana	(1)
Iowa	(1)
Kansas	63,190
Kentucky	(1)
Louisiana	(1)
Maine	80,650
Maryland	61,400
Massachusetts	57,370
Michigan	60,580
Minnesota	64,680
Mississippi	(1)
Missouri	62,120
Montana	(1)
Nebraska	(1)
Nevada	(1)
New Hampshire	71,060
New Jersey	67,220
New Mexico	(1)
New York	80,650
North Carolina	56,580
North Dakota	(1)
Ohio	70,810
Oklahoma	(1)
Oregon	61,490
Pennsylvania	57,220
Rhode Island	(1)
South Carolina	48,880
South Dakota	(1)
Tennessee	62,520
Texas	55,310
Utah	51,730
Vermont	(1)
Virginia	44,100
Washington	64,710
West Virginia	(1)
Wisconsin	71,960
Wyoming	(1)
Footnotes: (1) Data not available

Location quotient of fashion designers, by state, May 2011
State	Location quotient
Alabama	0.18
Alaska	(1)
Arizona	(1)
Arkansas	(1)
California	2.56
Colorado	0.29
Connecticut	(1)
Delaware	(1)
District of Columbia	(1)
Florida	0.29
Georgia	0.28
Hawaii	0.45
Idaho	(1)
Illinois	0.15
Indiana	(1)
Iowa	(1)
Kansas	0.19
Kentucky	(1)
Louisiana	(1)
Maine	0.72
Maryland	0.33
Massachusetts	0.44
Michigan	0.07
Minnesota	0.18
Mississippi	(1)
Missouri	0.37
Montana	(1)
Nebraska	(1)
Nevada	(1)
New Hampshire	0.63
New Jersey	0.98
New Mexico	(1)
New York	(1)
North Carolina	0.23
North Dakota	(1)
Ohio	0.62
Oklahoma	(1)
Oregon	0.52
Pennsylvania	0.25
Rhode Island	(1)
South Carolina	0.37
South Dakota	(1)
Tennessee	0.12
Texas	0.32
Utah	0.25
Vermont	(1)
Virginia	0.08
Washington	0.87
West Virginia	(1)
Wisconsin	0.52
Wyoming	(1)
Footnotes: (1) Data not available.