Rebuilds and recovers furniture, car interiors, and boat seats.
You strip an antique armchair to its frame, retie springs, and stretch new fabric so every pattern line is straight.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. On-the-job training or apprenticeship.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Shrinking. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Rebuilding furniture and car seats piece by piece is varied hand work; machines only help in factories.
Age 18+. One way to start: Ask upholstery shops and furniture or boat upholsterers for a helper job; they train you
Classes: Art or design, Sewing or family consumer sciences.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-6093.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.