Employment Percentage: 
6.5963060686016
SOC ID: 
51-6041
SOC Title: 
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
ONET ID: 
51-6041.00
ONET Concat ID: 
51604100
Median Salary: 
32908.95
Ed Level High School: 
73.779999
Ed Level Certificate: 
0.33
Ed Level Some College: 
21.620001
Ed Level Associates: 
2.41
Ed Level Bachelors: 
0
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
1.85
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
Description: 

Construct, decorate, or repair leather and leather-like products, such as luggage, shoes, and saddles.

Core Tasks: 

<ul><li>Cut out parts, following patterns or outlines, using knives, shears, scissors, or machine presses.</li><li>Construct, decorate, or repair leather products according to specifications, using sewing machines, needles and thread, leather lacing, glue, clamps, hand tools, or rivets.</li><li>Align and stitch or glue materials such as fabric, fleece, leather, or wood, to join parts.</li><li>Dye, soak, polish, paint, stamp, stitch, stain, buff, or engrave leather or other materials to obtain desired effects, decorations, or shapes.</li><li>Select materials and patterns, and trace patterns onto materials to be cut out.</li></ul>

Start Annual Earnings: 
22976.84
Top Annual Earnings: 
45272.19
Title Slug: 
shoe-and-leather-worker-and-repairer