How to become a Product and Garment Designer
Official title: Product and Garment Designers
Designs and develops manufactured products and clothing.
Main tasks
- Discuss design concepts for consumer products such as clothing, textiles and jewellery with clients
- Prepare sketches, diagrams, specifications, plans, samples and models to communicate design ideas
- Work with clients, managers, sales and manufacturing departments to solve problems
- Prepare and commission prototypes and samples, and supervise patterns, plans, tools and the manufacturing process
Ways in
- University department: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 102 universities in Taiwan
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$868,000 a year
- Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Product and Garment Designer?
Ways in include: Creative Arts & Design degrees.
How much does a Product and Garment Designer earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$868,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Product and Garment Designer a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Product and Garment Designer?
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