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Wearing apparel presser jobs in Finland

Wearing apparel pressers use steam irons, vacuum pressers, or hand pressers to shape wearing apparel.

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Wearing apparel presser – how much is the pay in Finland?

What the trade paid in 2024

Hourly earnings in Finland 2024 — occupation group 8157 Laundry machine operators, Statistics Finland table 15az, CC BY 4.0.
Median13.43 €/h
Bottom tenth11.23 €/h
Top tenth16.34 €/h
Employees3,076

Pay by sex, 2024

Median hourly earnings by sex in Finland 2024 — occupation group 8157 Laundry machine operators, Statistics Finland table 15az, CC BY 4.0.
SexMedianEmployees
Women13.43 €/h2,046
Men13.44 €/h1,030

Wearing apparel presser - Which skills are essential?

Manufacture either mass-product or bespoke wearing apparels of various types, assembling and joining together wearing apparel components using processes such as sewing, gluing, bonding. Assemble wearing apparel components using stitches, seams such as collars, sleeves, top fronts, top backs, pockets.

Coordinate manufacturing activities based on production strategies, policies and plans. Study details of the planning such as expected quality of the products, quantities, cost, and labour required to foresee any action needed. Adjust processes and resources to minimise costs.

Distinguish accessories in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate accessories based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.

The  processes used to fabricate wearing apparel and the different technologies and machinery involved in the manufacturing processes.

Press and iron in order to shape or flatten textiles giving them their final finishing appearance. Iron by hand or with steam pressers.

Manufacturing processes in wearing apparel and made-up textiles. Different technologies and machinery involved in the manufacturing processes.

Perform process control to wearing apparel products in order to assure mass production in an uninterrupted production manner. Control processes to ensure that processes are predictable, stable and consistent.

Distinguish fabrics in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate fabrics based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.

Alter wearing apparel repairing or adjusting it to the clients/manufacturing specifications. Perform altering by hand or using equipment.

Prepare early models or prototypes in order to test concepts and replicability possibilities. Create prototypes to assess for pre-production tests.

Wearing apparel presser - Which skills are useful but not essential?

Operate basic or specialised sewing machines whether domestic or industrial ones, sewing pieces of fabric, vinyl or leather in order to manufacture or repair wearing apparels, making sure the threads are selected according to specifications.

Traditional and advanced apparel manufacturing technologies. Technologies including processes, machinery, etc. in order to compile and design pattern requirements, contribute to product costing and finalise assembly sequence and quality assurance criteria.

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Sources

Wage data: Statistics Finland, wage structure statistics, table 15az, year 2024. Read 2.10.2026. Licence CC BY 4.0.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

How we calculated these figures