Sewing machine operator
What you will do
- Sew [products] on industrial sewing machines
- Watch the quality of the seams
- Do simple finishing and packing
- Keep the machine and the workplace in order
You must have
- Experience with industrial sewing machines
- Ready for seated work
- Able to follow work instructions
Good to have
- A vocational qualification
- Experience of sewing [material]
- How to apply
- [your link], by [date]
- Your answer
- Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
Job title Sewing machine operator Where [town or address], on site Hours Full time, Monday to Friday Pay [amount] to [amount] € a month before tax Contract [Permanent or fixed term], starting [date] What you will do • Sew [products] on industrial sewing machines • Watch the quality of the seams • Do simple finishing and packing • Keep the machine and the workplace in order You must have • Experience with industrial sewing machines • Ready for seated work • Able to follow work instructions Good to have • A vocational qualification • Experience of sewing [material] How to apply [your link], by [date] Your answer Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
How these figures are made
Estonia
- Sewing machine operators (ISCO 8153)
- average 1,217 €, median 1,183 €
- Sewing, embroidery and related workers (ISCO 7533)
- average 1,143 €, median 1,082 €
Full-time equivalent gross monthly pay by workplace, all of Estonia. The median is the pay that half the people in the group earn more than and half less. Source Statistics Estonia's pay app, checked on 1 October 2026.
What the job pays in other countries
It pays most in Denmark, about 4.1 times the Estonian median, though the Danish figure includes pension. If you send workers abroad or hire from there, this is the comparison that matters.
| Country | Median | Usual range | In euros a month | Occupation group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EstoniaQ2 2026 | 1,183 € | not published | 1,183 € | Sewing machine operators (8153) |
| Finland2024 | 2,411 € | not published | 2,411 € | Sewing machine operators (8153) |
| Sweden2025 | No figure published | |||
| Norway2025 | 43,330 NOK | 38,740–46,800 NOK | ≈ 4,000 € | Sewing machine operators (8153) |
| Denmark2025 | 36,308 DKK | 33,288–39,993 DKK | ≈ 4,858 € | Sewing machine operators (8153) |
| Germany2025 | 2,839 € | 2,409–3,480 € | 2,839 € | Occupations in the production of clothing, hat and cap making – skilled tasks (28222) |
| United Kingdom2025 | 24,813 GBP a year | not published | ≈ 2,432 € | Sewing machinists (8146) |
Median pay for full-time work from each country's official source: Statistics Estonia, Statistics Finland, Statistics Sweden, Statistics Norway, Statistics Denmark, Federal Employment Agency, Office for National Statistics. The sources count slightly differently. Denmark's figure includes pension, Germany's holiday and Christmas pay, and the United Kingdom publishes a year's pay, divided by twelve here for the monthly comparison. Jobs are grouped by ISCO-08. Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom have their own classifications, matched to it, and "closest group" marks a group that is near, not the same. Where a country counts fewer than 2,000 people in a job's first group and more in its second, the second is used. The usual range is the middle half of people in the job, the 25th to the 75th percentile. Finland publishes only the 10th and 90th, so it has none. In euros at the European Central Bank rate of 2 October 2026, 1 € = 11.29 SEK, 1 € = 10.83 NOK, 1 € = 7.47 DKK and 1 € = 0.85 GBP. These figures describe the market, not the minimum a collective agreement sets.