Laundry Worker
Quick Facts
Median Salary$30,674
Most Common EducationHigh school or GED
Projected 10-Year Growth+10.01%
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What They Do
A Laundry Worker washes, dries, and folds clothes for customers at a laundromat. Works in a commercial laundry or for a company that provides laundry services for businesses, including hospitals, hotels and other businesses that use large quantities of linens.
Core Tasks:
- Load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading.
- Start washers, dry cleaners, driers, or extractors, and turn valves or levers to regulate machine processes and the volume of soap, detergent, water, bleach, starch, and other additives.
- Operate extractors and driers, or direct their operation.
- Sort and count articles removed from dryers, and fold, wrap, or hang them.
- Remove items from washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to do so.
- Clean machine filters, and lubricate equipment.
- Examine and sort into lots articles to be cleaned, according to color, fabric, dirt content, and cleaning technique required.
- Receive and mark articles for laundry or dry cleaning with identifying code numbers or names, using hand or machine markers.
What to expect as a Laundry Worker
1Earn a High school or GED Diploma
40% of people achieve this level of education.
2Gain skills and experience
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3Land a job
2980 openings for Laundry Workers
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