Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers · SOC 51-6011
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers Salary in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $22,360 per year ($10.75 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $20,490 at the 10th percentile to $28,120 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $22,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $21,680 and $25,890.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $20,490 | $21,680 | $22,360 | $25,890 | $28,120 |
| Hourly | $9.85 | $10.43 | $10.75 | $12.45 | $13.52 |
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
- Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$22,360 median for Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $21,680 to $25,890
- Louisianastate$27,460 median for Louisiana; middle half earns $22,970 to $30,250
- 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 −19% vs Louisiana overall and −36% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Louisiana
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.
- Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$22,360 median for Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $21,680 to $25,890
- $29,960 median for New Orleans metro area; middle half earns $27,190 to $34,070
- $28,000 median for Slidell metro area; middle half earns $25,710 to $36,530
- $27,870 median for Baton Rouge metro area; middle half earns $22,890 to $29,500
- $27,510 median for Shreveport metro area; middle half earns $23,120 to $30,920
- $27,460 median for Lake Charles metro area; middle half earns $23,470 to $27,970
- $26,710 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $22,760 to $28,400
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 Northeast Louisiana 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.