Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
United States. Estimated employment 198,040, with pages for 6 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 51-6011
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$34,890 · 50th
$27,44010th
$30,36025th
$34,89050th
$37,56075th
$43,19090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $35,910 | 14,040 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $35,620 | 520 |
| Binghamton, NY | $35,090 | 130 |
| Albany, NY | $35,000 | 390 |
| Buffalo, NY | $34,980 | 640 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $34,560 | 100 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 198,040 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 51-6011, Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as laundry-and-dry-cleaning-workers.
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