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Tailored Brands

Retail Sales Associate Part Time

Houston, TX · On-site

$13.75 - $15.75/hr

When tailors are not available, be able to accurately fit the customer and provide recommendations for alterations. * Assist in receiving shipments, putting away new merchandise, maintaining a clean ...

The Costumer

Sewing & Alterations Associate

Schenectady, NY · On-site

$15.75 - $19.50/hr

Sewing & Alterations Assoicate In this role, you will fit, alter, repair, and assist in making made-to-measure costumes under the direction of the costume design and production lead and support the ...

Tailored Brands

Retail Sales Associate Part Time

Oak Lawn, IL · On-site

$15.25 - $17.50/hr

When tailors are not available, be able to accurately fit the customer and provide recommendations for alterations. * Assist in receiving shipments, putting away new merchandise, maintaining a clean ...

Saks

Alterations Fitter

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$23.96 - $29.95/hr

Alterations WHO WE ARE: Saks Fifth Avenue is a leading luxury retailer that provides a curated ... You will assist fitters in achieving their goals with professional assistance with fit ...

Tailored Brands

Retail Sales Associate

Little Rock, AR · On-site

$12.25 - $14.25/hr

When tailors are not available, be able to accurately fit the customer and provide recommendations for alterations. * Assist in receiving shipments, putting away new merchandise, maintaining a clean ...

Tailored Brands

Retail Sales Associate Part Time

Onalaska, WI · On-site

$14 - $16/hr

When tailors are not available, be able to accurately fit the customer and provide recommendations for alterations. * Assist in receiving shipments, putting away new merchandise, maintaining a clean ...

Tailored Brands

Retail Sales Associate Part Time

Westlake, OH · On-site

$14 - $16/hr

When tailors are not available, be able to accurately fit the customer and provide recommendations for alterations. * Assist in receiving shipments, putting away new merchandise, maintaining a clean ...

Tailored Brands

Retail Sales Associate

Fort Worth, TX · On-site

$14.25 - $16.50/hr

When tailors are not available, be able to accurately fit the customer and provide recommendations for alterations. * Assist in receiving shipments, putting away new merchandise, maintaining a clean ...

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How much do alterations assistant jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 4, 2026, the average hourly pay for alterations assistant in the United States is $15.76, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $12.02 and $17.79 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is an alterations assistant?

Alterations Assistants are professionals who support tailors or seamstresses in adjusting, repairing, and modifying garments to fit clients' needs. Their duties often include marking garments for alterations, sewing, hemming, pressing clothes, and sometimes assisting with fittings. They play a crucial role in ensuring clothing fits perfectly, whether it's for basic repairs or custom changes. Alterations Assistants may work in retail stores, dry cleaners, or specialized tailoring shops. Attention to detail and sewing skills are essential in this role.

What skills and qualifications are needed to thrive as an alterations assistant?

To thrive as an Alterations Assistant, you need strong sewing skills, attention to detail, and familiarity with garment construction, often supported by formal training or experience in tailoring. Proficiency using sewing machines, irons, and measuring tools is essential, and knowledge of fabric types and alteration techniques is highly valuable. Excellent communication, time management, and customer service skills help build rapport with clients and ensure accurate completion of tasks. These skills are crucial for delivering high-quality alterations, meeting customer expectations, and supporting efficient workflow in a busy tailoring or retail environment.

How does an alterations assistant typically collaborate with tailors and customers during the garment alteration process?

As an Alterations Assistant, you’ll work closely with tailors by preparing garments for alteration, marking adjustments, and sometimes performing basic sewing tasks under supervision. You’ll also interact with customers to help with fittings, gather alteration details, and ensure their needs are communicated clearly to the tailoring team. This collaborative environment helps you learn industry techniques and customer service skills, which are essential for career advancement in fashion and alterations.

What is the difference between Alterations Assistant vs Tailor?

AspectAlterations AssistantTailor
CredentialsBasic sewing skills, on-the-job trainingAdvanced sewing skills, often formal training or certification
Work EnvironmentRetail stores, dry cleaners, alteration shopsCustom tailoring shops, fashion houses, boutiques
Employer & IndustryClothing retailers, dry cleaners, alteration servicesFashion industry, bespoke tailoring, high-end boutiques

Alterations Assistants typically perform basic sewing and alteration tasks under supervision, often with minimal formal training. In contrast, tailors usually have advanced sewing skills, formal training, and create custom garments. While both roles work in clothing-related environments, tailors focus on bespoke, high-quality work, whereas alterations assistants support routine adjustments in retail or dry cleaning settings.

How to become an alterations assistant?

To become an alterations assistant, you typically need a high school diploma or equivalent and some experience with sewing or garment repair. Developing skills in sewing, fitting, and using sewing machines is essential, and some employers may prefer candidates with formal training or certifications in tailoring or fashion design. On-the-job training is common, and attention to detail and good customer service skills are important for success in this role.

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Infographic showing various Alterations Assistant job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 75% Full Time, 21% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 98% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 1% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $32,775 per year, or $15.8 per hour.

Retail Sales Associate Part Time

Tailored Brands

Houston, TX • On-site

$13.75 - $15.75/hr

Part-time

Re-posted 4 days ago

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Company rating: 6.8 out of 10

Based on 62 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

28th of 104 rated fashion retailers

Job description

Position Title: Consultant
Job Overview
The Consultant is responsible for all aspects of the customer experience within multiple-businesses (retail, rental, custom, and Omni-channel) within a store location. To be successful in this role the Consultant needs to support and positively impact a culture of customer-obsession, by being customer-ready and delivering a world-class experience each and every day. The Consultant is expected to engage as a member of a high-performing team through trust, commitment, and a focus on results. The Consultant must navigate through change in order to adapt to new programs in a timely manner and to achieve the expected outcome. In addition the Consultant will contribute to a healthy culture by working well with and demonstrating respect for colleagues at all levels and consistently contribute to a positive work environment.
Essential Functions
  • Consistently demonstrate the benchmark selling techniques for retail sales, custom clothing sales, and special occasion rentals, as trained by management and as described in corporate training materials.
  • Continuously encourage and participate in team selling.
  • Build a relationship with your customer from greeting through post-sale contact.
  • Participate in monitoring and positively impact the achievement of the store sales volume and metrics goals. Meet and maintain your own personal volume goal while maintaining an above average quality of sale.
  • When possible use tailors for all alteration fittings. When tailors are not available, be able to accurately fit the customer and provide recommendations for alterations.
  • Assist in receiving shipments, putting away new merchandise, maintaining a clean, neat, sized and organized store based on our merchandising to sell standards.
  • Assist with visually merchandising the store, including complying with brand standards with regard to all visual merchandising tasks.
  • Help monitor the security of all Company property. Report or document damaged or missing product.
  • Assist in conducting merchandise stock counts as requested by your store management team. Report any discrepancies to the manager on duty.
  • Effectively participate as a member of a store team where employees are held accountable for not only individual performance, but also for interacting with the greater store team in manner that supports the achievement of established team goals.
  • Maintain a workplace free of harassment and discrimination by strictly adhering to the Company's Anti-Discrimination and Harassment policies and promptly reporting to your Regional Manager, Zone Vice President and the Human Resources Department any concerns that may arise under those policies.

Physical and Mental Requirements
  • Bend down and squat to locate and pick up merchandise located at ground level and to assist customers put on shoes; bend down and crouch to mark pants for alterations. Climb a ladder to reach merchandise and or supplies located above shoulder level.
  • Lift arms and reach over the head to hang or take merchandise off racks or place on customer.
  • Operate a computer and cash register, including manual tasks such as reaching across the counter to exchange monies with customer, grasping, pulling, pushing, and folding merchandise to wrap customer purchases.
  • Stand and walk for the majority of work shift, sometimes as long as twelve hours per day, five or sometimes six days per week.
  • Frequent (at least 2/3 of the work day) bending and twisting at neck and waist, crouching and squatting, reaching above and below shoulder height, grasping, pulling, pushing and fine manipulation with both hands, lifting up to 50 lbs.
  • See and distinguish between fabric patterns and colors.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Our company celebrates diversity and provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religion, veteran or military status, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, or any other protected status under the law.

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