glove maker
Glove makers design and manufacture technical, sport or fashion gloves.
glove maker glove makers design and manufacture technical, sport or fashion gloves. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include apparel manufacturing technology, manufacture wearing apparel products, distinguish accessories, manufacture personal protective equipment made of textile, distinguish fabrics.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £26,573 a year for Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5419). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only glove maker, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Frequently asked questions
What does glove maker do?
Glove makers design and manufacture technical, sport or fashion gloves.
What skills does glove maker need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include apparel manufacturing technology, manufacture wearing apparel products, distinguish accessories, manufacture personal protective equipment made of textile, distinguish fabrics, sew pieces of fabric. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace glove maker?
Our AI-durability model gives glove maker a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.