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What fashion designers make
Median
$80,960
Bottom tenth
$39,490
Top tenth
$146,870
The national median is $80,960 a year, the bottom tenth earn $39,490 or less and the top tenth $146,870 or more, in the 2025 federal wage survey. Designers running their own small label are not really in this survey at all, because their income is whatever the business profits.