Pay distribution $34,320 10th $34,950 25th $39,260 75th $42,050 90th
Half of Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in the Fresno metro area earn more than $36,740 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $34,950 and $39,260.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $34,320 $34,950 $36,740 $39,260 $42,050 Hourly $16.50 $16.81 $17.66 $18.88 $20.22
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 Fresno metro areathis metro area
$36,740 median for Fresno metro area; middle half earns $34,950 to $39,260
$37,790 median for California; middle half earns $36,420 to $42,060
$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 −3% vs California overall and +5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $29,363 $36,887 $44,410 Ponce, PR — $21,840 Aguadilla, PR — $22,340 Twin Falls, ID — $22,380 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $22,520 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,780 Alexandria, LA — $23,320 Hammond, LA — $23,660 Arecibo, PR — $24,120 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $24,780 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $25,780 Monroe, LA — $25,880 Dothan, AL — $25,980 Enid, OK — $26,180 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $26,270 Laredo, TX — $26,280 Lawton, OK — $26,370 El Paso, TX — $26,380 Gadsden, AL — $26,520 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $26,670 Lafayette, LA — $26,710 Beckley, WV — $26,750 Hattiesburg, MS — $26,750 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $26,840 Texarkana, TX-AR — $27,020 Longview, TX — $27,040 Columbus, GA-AL — $27,390 Lake Charles, LA — $27,460 Owensboro, KY — $27,500 San Angelo, TX — $27,510 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $27,510 Elizabethtown, KY — $27,610 Montgomery, AL — $27,750 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $27,760 Hot Springs, AR — $27,770 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $27,780 Baton Rouge, LA — $27,870 Birmingham, AL — $27,870 Springfield, OH — $27,870 College Station-Bryan, TX — $27,920 Corpus Christi, TX — $27,960 Odessa, TX — $27,980 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $28,000 Lima, OH — $28,040 Bay City, MI — $28,080 Jackson, MS — $28,120 Mobile, AL — $28,170 Victoria, TX — $28,170 Las Cruces, NM — $28,200 Lubbock, TX — $28,210 Albany, GA — $28,230 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $28,230 Rome, GA — $28,330 Wichita Falls, TX — $28,360 Bowling Green, KY — $28,390 Johnstown, PA — $28,390 Tulsa, OK — $28,450 Tallahassee, FL — $28,490 Killeen-Temple, TX — $28,500 Manhattan, KS — $28,500 Logan, UT-ID — $28,510 Amarillo, TX — $28,530 Spartanburg, SC — $28,590 Muncie, IN — $28,610 Warner Robins, GA — $28,630 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,640 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $28,710 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,770 Oklahoma City, OK — $28,810 Jonesboro, AR — $28,850 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $28,860 Hinesville, GA — $28,860 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $28,890 Altoona, PA — $28,910 Casper, WY — $28,920 Sumter, SC — $28,920 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $28,930 Toledo, OH — $28,940 Abilene, TX — $28,960 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $28,960 Fayetteville, NC — $29,030 Canton-Massillon, OH — $29,040 Charleston, WV — $29,090 Lynchburg, VA — $29,100 Columbus, IN — $29,140 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $29,140 Jefferson City, MO — $29,160 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $29,180 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $29,260 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $29,320 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $29,320 Savannah, GA — $29,320 Goldsboro, NC — $29,340 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $29,350 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $29,390 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $29,400 Terre Haute, IN — $29,400 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $29,460 Tyler, TX — $29,490 Cheyenne, WY — $29,570 Farmington, NM — $29,600 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $29,620 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $29,630 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $29,650 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $29,720 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $29,800 Decatur, AL — $29,800 Waco, TX — $29,800 Columbia, SC — $29,830 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $29,840 Sandusky, OH — $29,850 Fort Wayne, IN — $29,930 Topeka, KS — $29,940 Winston-Salem, NC — $29,950 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $29,960 Wheeling, WV-OH — $30,050 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $30,070 Erie, PA — $30,080 Lawrence, KS — $30,120 Gainesville, GA — $30,150 Ocala, FL — $30,160 Tuscaloosa, AL — $30,180 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $30,190 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $30,220 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $30,220 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $30,240 Columbus, OH — $30,410 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $30,470 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $30,490 Akron, OH — $30,540 Midland, TX — $30,570 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $30,620 Burlington, NC — $30,690 Huntsville, AL — $30,690 Morgantown, WV — $30,690 Cleveland, OH — $30,700 Paducah, KY-IL — $30,750 Rocky Mount, NC — $30,830 Florence, SC — $30,850 Rapid City, SD — $30,880 Fond du Lac, WI — $30,900 Gettysburg, PA — $30,910 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $31,040 Harrisonburg, VA — $31,070 Wichita, KS — $31,100 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $31,110 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $31,150 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,200 Salisbury, MD — $31,200 Springfield, MO — $31,200 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $31,200 Wilmington, NC — $31,200 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,260 Winchester, VA-WV — $31,380 Gainesville, FL — $31,390 Williamsport, PA — $31,520 Jacksonville, FL — $31,550 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $31,560 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $31,560 Greenville, NC — $31,680 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $31,680 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $31,690 Johnson City, TN — $31,730 Kenosha, WI — $31,750 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $31,770 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $31,850 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $31,880 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $31,920 Roanoke, VA — $31,960 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $32,000 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $32,000 York-Hanover, PA — $32,070 Pittsburgh, PA — $32,140 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $32,170 Dover, DE — $32,170 Jackson, TN — $32,180 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $32,250 Knoxville, TN — $32,300 Elmira, NY — $32,330 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $32,420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $32,470 Port St. Lucie, FL — $32,540 Albuquerque, NM — $32,700 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $32,720 Cleveland, TN — $32,770 Dubuque, IA — $32,770 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $33,010 Flint, MI — $33,020 Lexington Park, MD — $33,150 Richmond, VA — $33,220 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $33,230 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $33,330 Utica-Rome, NY — $33,370 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $33,440 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $33,440 Jackson, MI — $33,470 Yuma, AZ — $33,470 Clarksville, TN-KY — $33,480 Evansville, IN — $33,480 Bloomington, IN — $33,560 Rochester, NY — $33,580 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $33,680 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $33,720 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $33,740 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $33,790 Vineland, NJ — $33,790 Charlottesville, VA — $33,860 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $33,880 Urban Honolulu, HI — $33,940 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $33,970 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $34,000 Wausau, WI — $34,040 Grand Junction, CO — $34,060 Kansas City, MO-KS — $34,190 Cedar Rapids, IA — $34,220 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $34,320 Idaho Falls, ID — $34,360 Saginaw, MI — $34,360 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $34,380 State College, PA — $34,390 Peoria, IL — $34,420 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $34,430 Lincoln, NE — $34,440 Tucson, AZ — $34,450 Lebanon, PA — $34,510 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $34,510 Niles, MI — $34,540 Syracuse, NY — $34,540 Glens Falls, NY — $34,560 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $34,570 Carson City, NV — $34,580 Decatur, IL — $34,580 Santa Fe, NM — $34,590 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $34,600 Kankakee, IL — $34,610 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $34,650 Joplin, MO-KS — $34,670 St. George, UT — $34,710 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $34,730 Ames, IA — $34,790 Pueblo, CO — $34,850 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $34,860 Sheboygan, WI — $34,870 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $34,880 St. Louis, MO-IL — $34,910 Rockford, IL — $34,950 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,980 Ann Arbor, MI — $34,990 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $35,000 Eau Claire, WI — $35,010 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,060 Lancaster, PA — $35,070 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $35,070 Binghamton, NY — $35,090 Springfield, MA — $35,090 Springfield, IL — $35,100 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $35,110 Asheville, NC — $35,120 Kingston, NY — $35,200 Traverse City, MI — $35,280 Grand Island, NE — $35,310 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $35,340 Appleton, WI — $35,430 Omaha, NE-IA — $35,450 Reading, PA — $35,490 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $35,510 Visalia, CA — $35,520 Bangor, ME — $35,610 Helena, MT — $35,620 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $35,620 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $35,710 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $35,740 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $35,820 Reno, NV — $35,820 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $35,860 Columbia, MO — $35,870 Chambersburg, PA — $35,880 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $35,910 Battle Creek, MI — $35,930 Duluth, MN-WI — $35,940 Ithaca, NY — $35,960 Colorado Springs, CO — $36,040 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $36,130 Redding, CA — $36,130 Billings, MT — $36,170 Midland, MI — $36,170 Boise City, ID — $36,240 Green Bay, WI — $36,280 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $36,290 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $36,300 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $36,310 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,310 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $36,330 Bozeman, MT — $36,340 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $36,370 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $36,420 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $36,470 Worcester, MA — $36,480 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $36,510 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $36,560 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,560 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $36,590 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $36,600 Great Falls, MT — $36,610 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $36,620 Bend, OR — $36,700 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,700 Salem, OR — $36,700 Missoula, MT — $36,730 Fresno, CA — $36,740 St. Cloud, MN — $36,790 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $36,800 Mankato, MN — $36,850 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $36,860 Chico, CA — $36,870 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $36,910 Ogden, UT — $36,950 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $36,950 Yakima, WA — $37,020 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $37,050 Bloomington, IL — $37,060 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,060 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $37,070 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $37,150 Flagstaff, AZ — $37,210 Madison, WI — $37,260 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,330 Pittsfield, MA — $37,340 Modesto, CA — $37,380 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $37,390 Iowa City, IA — $37,430 Medford, OR — $37,430 Fargo, ND-MN — $37,470 New Haven, CT — $37,550 Fairbanks-College, AK — $37,580 Portland-South Portland, ME — $37,640 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $37,690 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $37,730 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $37,770 Minot, ND — $37,860 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $37,910 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $38,060 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $38,080 Salinas, CA — $38,230 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $38,440 Anchorage, AK — $38,480 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $38,600 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $38,620 Barnstable Town, MA — $38,820 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $38,910 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $38,980 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $39,000 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $39,000 Rochester, MN — $39,030 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $39,290 Bellingham, WA — $39,320 Boulder, CO — $39,430 Vallejo, CA — $39,680 Bismarck, ND — $39,760 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $41,080 Napa, CA — $42,600 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $43,310 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $43,610 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $44,410 Fresno metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Fresno metro area has the 55th-highest published median for this occupation among the 363 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
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.
Fresno metro areathis page
$36,740 median for Fresno metro area; middle half earns $34,950 to $39,260
$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:
Slaughterers and Meat Packers $39,420 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders $38,440 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators $42,340 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $72,550 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $44,550 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers $50,550 Highest-paying metro areas for laundry and dry-cleaning workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Fresno Metro
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 .