The annual salary statistics of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Merced, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Merced is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $27,060 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $27,080 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $29,410 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $31,280 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Merced, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $31,280. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $27,080. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,060.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of laundry and dry-cleaning workers from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $27,080 | 7.90% | 29.87% |
| 2019 | $24,940 | 4.33% | - |
| 2018 | $23,860 | -0.59% | - |
| 2017 | $24,000 | 3.21% | - |
| 2016 | $23,230 | 3.31% | - |
| 2015 | $22,460 | 1.29% | - |
| 2014 | $22,170 | 14.34% | - |
| 2012 | $18,990 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $27,080 in Merced is in the middle of salary range for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Merced is 29.8 percent (29.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 31.4 percent (31.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.