Presser, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials resume
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Also called all around presser, armhole presser, automatic presser and bobbin presser.
$35,060
Median pay a year
26,120
People do this work
6
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Presser, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Summary
Presser shaping garments and flatwork items using steam and hydraulic machines, ensuring cleanliness and quality through spot treatment and finishing with hand irons. Maintains equipment and verifies standards with measuring devices
Experience
Presser, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Operated steam and hydraulic pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items
Removed finished pieces from pressing machines and hung or stacked them for cooling
Finished pants, jackets, shirts, and skirts using hand irons for high quality results
Identified and treated spots on garments to ensure cleanliness and quality
Cleaned and maintained pressing machines with cleaning solutions and lubricants
Examined and measured finished articles to verify they met standards using measuring devices
Skills
Hands-On Work
Smoothing steamers, Cleaning production equipment
Core Skills
Adjusting fabrics or materials, Preparing fabrics for processing, Cleaning fabrics and apparel, Marking equipment with labels, Measuring indicators, Measuring product dimensions
Checking & Planning
Selecting production equipment, Inspecting stains
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Hung and folded finished articlesOperated pressing machines for garmentsSmoothed materials for pressingRemoved pieces from pressing machinesFinished pleated garments with pressesIdentified and treated spots on garments
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Hung and folded finished articles for delivery, maintaining organization and quality control.
Operated pressing machines to smooth and shape materials, ensuring garments were wrinkle-free and ready for presentation.
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Add how many articles you handled each shift.
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Hung and folded a few dozen finished articles each shift, ensuring organization and quality control
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A few dozen each shiftSeveral hundred per dayMost of the day's production
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Operated pressing machines to smooth and shape materials, ensuring garments were wrinkle-free and ready for presentation.
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Reduced time for final inspectionsStreamlined the packing process
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Smoothing steamers
Adjusting fabrics or materials
Preparing fabrics for processing
Selecting production equipment
Cleaning fabrics and apparel
Marking equipment with labels
Inspecting stains
Measuring indicators
Measuring product dimensions
Cleaning production equipment
Stacking finished items
Removing products
The work itself
What a Presser, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials does
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Press or shape articles by hand or machine.
What it pays
How much does a Presser, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$29,870
Median
$35,060
75th percentile
$37,940
About 26,120 people do this work in the United States.
This page is about the occupation Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.