Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers · SOC 51-6011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for laundry and dry-cleaning workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 363 metro areas

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$44,410	810	0.7
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$43,610	2,140	1.0
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$43,310	2,040	0.9
4	Napa, CA	$42,600	160	2.0
5	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$41,080	260	1.2
6	Bismarck, ND	$39,760	170	2.4
7	Vallejo, CA	$39,680	200	1.4
8	Boulder, CO	$39,430	160	0.8
9	Bellingham, WA	$39,320	210	2.3
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$39,290	1,050	0.9
11	Rochester, MN	$39,030	160	1.3
12	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$39,000	1,620	1.0
13	Grand Forks, ND-MN	$39,000	100	1.9
14	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$38,980	50	0.4
15	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$38,910	2,400	1.6
16	Barnstable Town, MA	$38,820	150	1.6
17	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$38,620	80	0.8
18	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$38,600	2,130	1.1
19	Anchorage, AK	$38,480	320	1.8
20	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$38,440	90	0.7
21	Salinas, CA	$38,230	300	1.6
22	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$38,080	1,100	1.0
23	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$38,060	50	1.0
24	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$37,910	110	1.1
25	Minot, ND	$37,860	40	1.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.