How to become a Pelt Dresser, Tanner or Fellmonger
Official title: Pelt Dressers, Tanners and Fellmongers
Pelt dressers, tanners and related workers treat animal hides and skins for making clothing and other products, and turn hides into leather.
Main tasks
- Sort and grade hides and skins
- Flesh and dehair hides, or flesh and degrease pelts before tanning
- Comb, trim and edge furs
- Treat hides to make leather
- Dye, stretch and soften furs
- Finish and colour leather
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$442,000 a year
- Demand for Craft and related trades jobs is projected at about 1,519,000 in 2024 and about 1,515,000 in 2030. (-0.3%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Tailors, Dressmakers, Furriers and Hatters
- Garment and Related Patternmakers and Cutters
- Sewers, Embroiderers and Related Workers
- Shoemakers and Related Workers
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Questions people ask
How much does a Pelt Dresser, Tanner or Fellmonger earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$442,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Pelt Dresser, Tanner or Fellmonger a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change -0.3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Pelt Dresser, Tanner or Fellmonger?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026