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Also called benzene worker, box storage worker, collar worker and handy worker.

$34,890: Median pay a year
198,040: People do this work
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Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker

Summary

Laundry and dry-cleaning worker operating machines to wash and dry-clean various articles, sorting and preparing items for cleaning, and managing the cleaning process

Experience

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year

Started washers, dry cleaners, and driers, and adjusted machine settings
Operated extractors and driers, or directed their operation
Sorted and counted articles from dryers, and folded or hung them
Examined and sorted articles to be cleaned by color and fabric type
Received and marked articles for laundry with codes or names
Applied bleaching powders to spots and used steam to remove stains
Determined cleaning procedures based on fabric and stain types

Skills

Hands-On Work: Applying water or solutions, Mixing substances, Mounting materials or workpieces
Core Skills: Operating garment treatment equipment, Directing operational activities, Sorting grades, Marking equipment with labels, Testing chemical characteristics, Counting finished products, Inspecting stains

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High School Diploma
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Loaded items into washing machines, ensuring proper placement for optimal cleaning results
Loaded articles into washing machines and removed items after cleaning cycles were complete

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Add how many loads you handled each shift

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Loaded several loads into washing machines each shift, ensuring proper placement for optimal cleaning results

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Several loads every shiftA few loads each dayMost of the day's laundry

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Loaded articles into washing machines and removed items after cleaning cycles were complete

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Items were ready for customers fasterReduced wait time for laundry pickupImproved workflow for the team

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Applying water or solutions
Operating garment treatment equipment
Directing operational activities
Inspecting stains
Sorting grades
Mixing substances
Mounting materials or workpieces
Marking equipment with labels
Testing chemical characteristics
Counting finished products
Comparing physical characteristics of materials
Selecting equipment

The work itself

What a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker does

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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 it pays

How much does a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker make?

Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.

25th percentile	$30,360
Median	$34,890
75th percentile	$37,560

About 198,040 people do this work in the United States.

What it pays in each state

State	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile
AK	$32,700	$36,050	$39,320
AL	$24,450	$28,370	$32,320
AR	$26,770	$28,460	$30,180
AZ	$34,780	$36,500	$37,670
CA	$36,420	$37,790	$42,060
CO	$35,800	$37,680	$42,950
CT	$35,340	$36,310	$37,990
DC	$36,960	$37,790	$42,850
DE	$31,230	$33,730	$36,600
FL	$30,110	$32,340	$35,100
GA	$27,810	$30,580	$34,060
HI	$31,700	$35,690	$45,780
IA	$29,700	$34,050	$37,280
ID	$28,450	$35,140	$38,650
IL	$31,200	$35,220	$37,100
IN	$28,690	$30,930	$35,250
KS	$27,860	$30,120	$34,330
KY	$26,900	$29,220	$33,280
LA	$22,970	$27,460	$30,250
MA	$35,920	$37,490	$38,930
MD	$31,390	$34,710	$36,770
ME	$35,920	$37,380	$39,550
MI	$30,770	$35,100	$37,990
MN	$34,340	$37,580	$43,140
MO	$29,940	$33,870	$36,410
MS	$22,880	$27,190	$28,890
MT	$33,760	$36,250	$38,690
NC	$28,750	$31,920	$35,730
ND	$33,640	$37,470	$40,210
NE	$31,250	$34,790	$37,810
NH	$35,890	$36,860	$38,670
NJ	$34,490	$36,050	$37,280
NM	$28,560	$30,850	$34,580
NV	$32,230	$36,210	$38,320
NY	$34,020	$35,050	$37,330
OH	$28,010	$30,520	$36,400
OK	$23,440	$28,170	$31,430
OR	$36,020	$37,800	$43,280
PA	$29,360	$34,060	$36,570
PR	$21,840	$22,630	$23,650
RI	$35,530	$37,230	$40,130
SC	$28,250	$30,470	$35,020
SD	$29,120	$32,780	$36,150
TN	$29,620	$33,220	$35,920
TX	$26,160	$29,630	$35,200
UT	$31,200	$35,690	$38,020
VA	$28,590	$32,140	$36,010
VT	$36,310	$37,300	$41,720
WA	$37,780	$39,590	$44,100
WI	$30,820	$35,700	$37,260
WV	$27,110	$28,970	$34,490
WY	$27,820	$28,630	$33,870

Other names

Other names for this job

benzene worker, box storage worker, collar worker, handy worker, laundromat worker, laundry worker, linen worker, reel worker, utility worker, laundry and dry cleaning workers, assorter, bag hanger.

More names for this work

bag washer, benzene washer, blanket washer, bundle breaker, buttoner, carpet cleaner, carpet renovator, classifier, cleaner, cleaner and dyer, cleaner and presser, cleaning machine operator, cleaning technician, clothes marker, clothes separator, clothes shaker, coat examiner, collar starcher, color matcher, conditioner tumbler, continuous towel roller, conveyor operator, curtain cleaner, curtain stretcher, dampener, detacher, diaper folder, distributor, drapery hand, drier, drier operator, dry cleaner, dry room attendant, dryer operator, drying machine operator, dyer, extracting machine operator, feather renovator, folder, folding machine operator, fur blower, fur cleaner, fur glazer, fur glazing and polishing machine operator, fur glosser, fur polisher, furniture cleaner, garment sorter.

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Military jobs this work counts as

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