Movie costume designers are among the highest-paid ggood in the entire fashion industry. These comprised a small segment of the 15, fashion designers nationwide. Salaries earned by those in the motion picture costume design field typically exceeded the average amount made by other fashion designers by a considerable margin. Placing the salary of movie industry costume designers within the larger pay scale for all fashion designers nationwide can provide some additional insight. The location in which the fashion designer works plays a role in determining how much designsrs paid. Even though fashion designers in the movie costume design industry were among the highest-paid dseigners the fashion design field, those working in California — the movie entertainment center of the country — ranked only fifth in terms of average salary. The BLS indicates that the number of jobs for those in the fashion design field will grow very little or not at all from to Significant competition f...