Occupations/27-1022.00
Fashion Designers
Design clothing and accessories. Create original designs or adapt fashion trends.
Usually a certificate, vocational program, or associate degree — not a bachelor’s.
AI automation risk
48%
Mixed exposure
Human characteristics
50%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
45%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Confer with sales and management executives or with clients to discuss design ideas.
- Task
Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.
- Task
Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.
The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.
Core tasks
- 01Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.
- 02Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.
- 03Confer with sales and management executives or with clients to discuss design ideas.
- 04Select materials and production techniques to be used for products.
- 05Provide sample garments to agents and sales representatives, and arrange for showings of sample garments at sales meetings or fashion shows.
- 06Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing samples or finished garments.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.94
- Degree of automation2.05
- Time sitting3.96
- Originality (ability)4.25
- Conflict situations2.41
- Hands-on objects/tools3.32
- Outdoors / weather1.56
- Disease exposure1.39
- Decision freedom3.59
Top abilities
- Originality4.25
- Written Comprehension3.88
- Oral Expression3.88
- Fluency of Ideas3.88
- Visualization3.75
- Visual Color Discrimination3.75
- Speech Recognition3.75
- Oral Comprehension3.75
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.62
- Active Listening3.88
- Writing3.38
- Speaking3.88
- Mathematics2.12
- Science1.12
- Critical Thinking3.88
- Active Learning3.75
- Learning Strategies3.12
- Monitoring3.50
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 79 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
San Jose State University San Jose, CA · Public | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $8,200 | 77% | 71% | 1 yr $53,108 2 yr $52,524 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
Boston University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $65,200 | 14% | 89% | 1 yr $50,439 2 yr $42,682 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · Public | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $11,800 | 17% | 91% | 1 yr $48,823 2 yr $49,527 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $6,400 | 23% | 89% | 1 yr $48,041 2 yr $50,060 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $46,456 2 yr $46,321 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr $45,696 2 yr $42,682 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $19,600 | 55% | 86% | 1 yr $44,928 2 yr $42,682 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Public | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $9,200 | 47% | 84% | 1 yr $43,798 2 yr $36,401 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $17,500 | 45% | 85% | 1 yr $43,240 2 yr $41,565 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · Public | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $15,200 | 24% | 87% | 1 yr $43,240 2 yr $40,017 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR · Public | Apparel and Textile Manufacture 19.0902 | $13,200 | 83% | 68% | 1 yr $41,193 2 yr $36,848 Bachelor's · CIP 19.09 |
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public | Fashion/Apparel Design 50.0407 | $12,000 | 90% | 69% | 1 yr $41,007 2 yr $42,894 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04 |