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What upholsterers make
Median
$47,000
Lower end
$37,000
Upper end
$64,000
Job Bank's national median is $22.46 an hour, about $47,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The low is $17.99 and the high is $31 an hour: the bottom and top of the range for employed upholsterers. Custom, auto, marine and aircraft work sits toward the top. What shop owners earn is not measured separately.