The role of Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers is to operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $31,880 and $15 per hour. Based on BLS data, a total of 185,000 employees were employed in the Occupation.