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Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Includes spotters and dyers of these articles.
What a laundry and dry-cleaning worker does
Become a laundry and dry-cleaning worker
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good laundry and dry-cleaning worker
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Understanding people's reactions.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $22 per hour with an average salary of $35,800 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $18 and $23 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $6,800 and $38,100 per year.
- 48% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $21 per hour with an average salary of $21,300 per year.
Laundry And Dry-Cleaning Worker job outlook
- There are 2,643 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 616 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 25% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.