Drycleaning & laundry services

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    212k
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    46.1
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    1.87%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $40,423
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $52,748
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $30,159
    2024

    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 42.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $48,393. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $18,053.

    The workforce of Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group in 2024 was 211,663 people, with 54.6% woman, and 45.4% men.

    In 2024, 43.1% of the workforce in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group was White (91,146 people), of which 47.9% were women and 52.1% 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 211,663 people and is concentrated in California (25,517 workers). The average annual salary was $40,423, being $29,454 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    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.

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (25.5k), Texas (18.8k), and Florida (16.9k).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $40,423, $29,454 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.427
    WAGE GINI

    Drycleaning & laundry services has a wage GINI of 0.427, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. 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.

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    Occupations

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

    Laundry & drycleaning workers are the most common position with 59,758 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 Human resources managers.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were laundry & drycleaning workers (59,758 people), driver/sales workers & truck drivers (19,897 people), and counter & rental clerks (13,459 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $52,748
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$3,759
    $30,159
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$2,380

    On average, Male workers in the Drycleaning & laundry services Industry Group make 1.75 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.

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    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.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Drycleaning & laundry services is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Manufacturing
    3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

    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.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Drycleaning & laundry services is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
    3. Educational services, health care, and social assistance

    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.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. New York
      4,447
    2. California
      3,591
    3. Texas
      2,550

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

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    Diversity

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

    Of the total workforce, 54.6% corresponds to women and 45.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $52,748 and $30,159.

    67.2% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

    Gender and Age

    115,483
    Women
    54.6%
    96,180
    Men
    45.4%

    The workforce of Drycleaning & laundry services industry in 2024 was 211,663 people, with 54.6% woman, and 45.4% men.

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

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    Races

    In 2024, 43.1% of the workforce in the Drycleaning & laundry services industry was White (91,146 people), of which 47.9% were women and 52.1% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Other.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Drycleaning & laundry services workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (78,546 people), some college (36,279 people), and secondary education (27,437 people).

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    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 1.87% in the next ten years. The Drycleaning and Laundry Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 1.87%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (17.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (17.3%).

    Job Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Drycleaning and Laundry Services.
    1.87%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    1.87%
    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 approximately the same than 1.87%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Drycleaning and Laundry Services.
    17.3%
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    10-year Projection

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