Drycleaning & laundry services

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

248k

2021

Average Employee Age

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−5.42%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$35,376

2021

Average Male Salary

$47,636

2021

Average Female Salary

$25,470

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group are laundry & drycleaning workers, driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and counter & rental clerks. On average, full-time employees in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group work 43.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $41,439. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $17,552.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group are Orange County (Southeast) PUMA, FL, Las Vegas City (Southeast) PUMA, NV, and Jackson City (East & Central) PUMA, MS.

The workforce of Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group in 2021 was 247,944 people, with 55.3% woman, and 44.7% men.

In 2021, 54.4% of the workforce in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group was White (134,897 people), of which 53.6% were women and 46.4% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group.

The workforce in Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group was 247,944 people and is concentrated in California (29,971 workers). The average annual salary was $35,376, being $24,220 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

5.29%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 49.8k people employed in the Drycleaning and Laundry Services industry. This represents a 5.29% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Drycleaning and Laundry Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (30k), Texas (22.6k), and New York (18.4k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $35,376, $24,220 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.437

WAGE GINI

Drycleaning & laundry services has a wage GINI of 0.437, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Drycleaning & laundry services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group.

Laundry & drycleaning workers are the most common position with 66,392 workers, but the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers and Counter & rental clerks.

The highest average salary in Drycleaning & laundry services goes to Architectural & engineering managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were laundry & drycleaning workers (66,392 people), driver/sales workers & truck drivers (22,187 people), and counter & rental clerks (20,725 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$47,636

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,670

$25,470

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,746

On average, Male workers in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group make 1.87 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group.

The Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

New York and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Drycleaning & laundry services is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Drycleaning & laundry services is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Drycleaning & laundry services is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

New York
10,242
California
8,250
Texas
5,712

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Drycleaning & laundry services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 55.3% corresponds to women and 44.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $47,636 and $25,470.

69.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

137,137

Women

55.3%

110,807

Men

44.7%

The workforce of Drycleaning & laundry services industry in 2021 was 247,944 people, with 55.3% woman, and 44.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Drycleaning & laundry services industry.

Races

In 2021, 54.4% of the workforce in the Drycleaning & laundry services industry was White (134,897 people), of which 53.6% were women and 46.4% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Drycleaning & laundry services workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (91,379 people), some college (45,909 people), and secondary education (35,582 people).

The chart shows the Drycleaning & laundry services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Drycleaning and laundry services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Drycleaning and laundry services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −5.42%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (10.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Drycleaning and laundry services.

−5.42%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Drycleaning and laundry services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.