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Where is it easiest to open: Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing
22 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 | 124 | 6.5 | $45,100 | not matched | — |
| NY | 59 | 8.5 | $35,042 | not matched | — |
| FL | 41 | 14.0 | $37,666 | not matched | — |
| TX | 25 | 24.0 | $45,128 | not matched | — |
| MI | 15 | 3.2 | $35,188 | not matched | — |
| MN | 13 | 5.8 | $41,267 | not matched | — |
| MD | 13 | 4.4 | $33,596 | not matched | — |
| IL | 12 | 6.9 | $54,916 | not matched | — |
| UT | 12 | 7.2 | $36,000 | not matched | — |
| NJ | 8 | 32.0 | $42,469 | not matched | — |
| PA | 8 | 8.1 | $49,215 | not matched | — |
| SC | 7 | 12.7 | $44,472 | not matched | — |
| MA | 6 | 13.2 | $81,266 | not matched | — |
| GA | 5 | 0.8 | $54,000 | not matched | — |
| CO | 5 | 6.6 | $42,182 | not matched | — |
| OH | 4 | 1.2 | $19,400 | not matched | — |
| OR | 4 | 4.5 | $29,500 | not matched | — |
| KY | 4 | 5.0 | $34,050 | not matched | — |
| NV | 3 | 25.3 | $26,118 | not matched | — |
| NC | 3 | 8.7 | $34,654 | not matched | — |
| WA | 3 | 18.7 | $92,179 | not matched | — |
| VA | 3 | 6.3 | $37,842 | 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.