Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers · SOC 51-6011
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers Salary in the Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in the Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $30,060 per year ($14.45 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $26,240 at the 10th percentile to $35,680 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in the Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $30,060 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $28,510 and $34,320.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $26,240 | $28,510 | $30,060 | $34,320 | $35,680 |
| Hourly | $12.62 | $13.71 | $14.45 | $16.50 | $17.16 |
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
- Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$30,060 median for Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $28,510 to $34,320
- Virginiastate$32,140 median for Virginia; middle half earns $28,590 to $36,010
- 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 −6% vs Virginia overall and −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Virginia
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.
- Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan areathis page$30,060 median for Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $28,510 to $34,320
- $33,860 median for Charlottesville metro area; middle half earns $29,260 to $35,550
- $33,220 median for Richmond metro area; middle half earns $28,420 to $35,010
- $31,960 median for Roanoke metro area; middle half earns $28,330 to $35,240
- $31,380 median for Winchester metro area; middle half earns $28,840 to $35,960
- $31,070 median for Harrisonburg metro area; middle half earns $27,470 to $33,350
- $30,190 median for Staunton metro area; middle half earns $27,570 to $33,790
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 Northwest Virginia 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.