Jobs / Design, media, and writing / 27-1022.00
Fashion Designers
Design clothing and accessories. Create original designs or adapt fashion trends.
- US jobs
- 21,450
- Median wage
- $80,960 a year
- Job family
- Design, media, and writing
Can agents do the work of fashion designers?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Design, media, and writing:
- Task levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. OSWorld-Verified includes tasks in image, slide, and document apps, and the best agent passes 90.2% of all its computer tasks. No task-level benchmark in our collection scores the quality of design or writing work.
- Project levelNot yetOn the Remote Labor Index, which includes graphic design, video, 3D, audio, and web projects from freelance platforms, the best agent completed 15.8% of projects to a standard a client would accept. GDPval deliverables score higher (84.9% wins or ties against professionals, reported by OpenAI), but those tasks are one-shot and fully specified.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in design, media, and writing, not always this occupation's tasks.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
- OSWorld-Verifiedby HKU, Salesforce AI Research, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Waterloo90.2%Intelligence-Indeed Agent · 25 Jul 2026Saturated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.
- Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.
- Confer with sales and management executives or with clients to discuss design ideas.
- Select materials and production techniques to be used for products.
- Provide sample garments to agents and sales representatives, and arrange for showings of sample garments at sales meetings or fashion shows.
- Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing samples or finished garments.
- Identify target markets for designs, looking at factors such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status.
- Collaborate with other designers to coordinate special products and designs.
- Attend fashion shows and review garment magazines and manuals to gather information about fashion trends and consumer preferences.
- Purchase new or used clothing and accessory items as needed to complete designs.
- Visit textile showrooms to keep up-to-date on the latest fabrics.
- Adapt other designers' ideas for the mass market.
Other job titles for this occupation (46)
Apparel and Accessories Designer · Apparel Designer · Costume Designer · Designer · Fashion Design Contractor · Fashion Designer · Fashion Graphic Designer · Fashion Stylist · Handbag Designer · Product Developer · Accessories Designer · Apparel Accessories Specialist · Apparel Product Developer · Apparel Technical Designer · Athletic Shoe Designer · Clothes Designer · Clothing Designer · Costumer · Custom Furrier · Dance Costume Designer · Denim Designer · Design Manager · Dress Designer · Fashion Advisor · Fashion Consultant · Fashion Illustrator · Footwear Designer · Fur Designer · Fur Remodeler · Fur Stylist · Furrier Designer · Hat Designer · Image Consultant · Jewelry Advisor · Jewelry Designer · Product Designer · Shoe Designer · Style Advisor · Stylist · Sweater Designer · Swimwear Designer · Textile Designer · Uniform Designer · Wardrobe Consultant · Wardrobe Image Consultant · Women's Designer