Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers · SOC 51-6011
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers Salary in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $37,760 per year ($18.16 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,570 at the 10th percentile to $47,750 at the 90th. BLS estimates 130 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area earn more than $37,760 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,470 and $42,450.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $34,570 | $36,470 | $37,760 | $42,450 | $47,750 |
| Hourly | $16.62 | $17.54 | $18.16 | $20.41 | $22.96 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,760 median for Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,470 to $42,450
- Californiastate$37,790 median for California; middle half earns $36,420 to $42,060
- United Statesnational$34,890 median for United States; middle half earns $30,360 to $37,560
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs California overall and +8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in California
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for laundry and dry-cleaning workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan areathis page$37,760 median for Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,470 to $42,450
- $44,410 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $42,370 to $46,440
- $43,310 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $40,150 to $45,220
- $42,600 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $39,260 to $46,190
- $41,080 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $38,950 to $43,390
- $39,680 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $37,670 to $43,680
- $38,910 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $36,920 to $40,210
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for laundry and dry-cleaning workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.