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Where is it easiest to open: All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills
43 states, side by side. Operator counts and wages from Census and BLS; licence records matched on “sewing” (title stem) for Sewing Machine Operators. A blank gate means NO RECORD MATCHED, which is not the same as no licence.
| State | Operators | Avg staff | Pay / employee | Gate | Licence titles matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 235 | 11.6 | $45,330 | not matched | — |
| TX | 194 | 9.5 | $36,650 | not matched | — |
| FL | 111 | 9.3 | $39,254 | not matched | — |
| NY | 70 | 6.6 | $49,516 | not matched | — |
| NC | 65 | 20.3 | $39,453 | not matched | — |
| GA | 53 | 27.9 | $45,915 | not matched | — |
| NJ | 47 | 12.6 | $46,750 | not matched | — |
| IL | 47 | 13.6 | $39,938 | not matched | — |
| PA | 42 | 12.5 | $42,926 | not matched | — |
| OH | 36 | 6.5 | $37,740 | not matched | — |
| MA | 35 | 18.9 | $49,588 | not matched | — |
| CO | 34 | 6.7 | $44,675 | not matched | — |
| MO | 32 | 13.9 | $45,681 | not matched | — |
| AZ | 32 | 19.1 | $51,879 | not matched | — |
| MN | 32 | 7.0 | $37,191 | not matched | — |
| MI | 30 | 9.3 | $38,386 | not matched | — |
| NV | 28 | 12.3 | $38,675 | not matched | — |
| TN | 26 | 8.1 | $44,833 | not matched | — |
| WA | 25 | 7.0 | $32,171 | not matched | — |
| OR | 24 | 8.0 | $26,881 | not matched | — |
| MD | 23 | 6.3 | $127,352 | not matched | — |
| SC | 22 | 21.9 | $42,906 | not matched | — |
| IN | 20 | 7.7 | $39,288 | not matched | — |
| UT | 19 | 6.7 | $33,758 | not matched | — |
| OK | 18 | 8.2 | $35,667 | not matched | — |
| VA | 17 | 7.2 | $37,779 | not matched | — |
| CT | 17 | 14.9 | $53,189 | not matched | — |
| WI | 15 | 7.3 | $38,697 | not matched | — |
| NH | 14 | 5.1 | $37,085 | not matched | — |
| MT | 11 | 7.8 | $31,105 | not matched | — |
| AR | 11 | 6.5 | $33,394 | not matched | — |
| LA | 10 | 5.1 | $30,706 | not matched | — |
| ID | 9 | 4.4 | $35,050 | not matched | — |
| KY | 7 | 19.3 | $36,096 | not matched | — |
| NE | 7 | 5.7 | $40,225 | not matched | — |
| AL | 6 | 2.2 | $32,538 | not matched | — |
| MS | 6 | 13.8 | $40,120 | not matched | — |
| ME | 6 | 2.5 | $58,933 | not matched | — |
| DE | 5 | 1.6 | $57,500 | not matched | — |
| NM | 4 | 7.2 | $25,276 | not matched | — |
| KS | 3 | 4.7 | $26,929 | not matched | — |
| RI | 3 | 6.7 | $35,650 | not matched | — |
| HI | 3 | 2.0 | $37,667 | not matched | — |
Axes are shown side by side and deliberately NOT collapsed into a ranking. A composite would be a score with no measured interval, and an unmeasured score is the thing this product exists to argue against. A high licence gate is a cost to enter and a moat once cleared — which of those matters more is the operator's call, not ours.
Licence data courtesy of CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Free to read, no account, always — a condition of the data licence as well as our own position.