The annual salary statistics of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage information of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $22,030 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $27,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $30,070 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $32,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $32,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $27,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,030.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of laundry and dry-cleaning workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $27,310 | 12.71% | 30.90% |
| 2021 | $23,840 | 1.05% | - |
| 2020 | $23,590 | 8.94% | - |
| 2019 | $21,480 | 3.77% | - |
| 2018 | $20,670 | 4.35% | - |
| 2017 | $19,770 | 1.01% | - |
| 2016 | $19,570 | -1.12% | - |
| 2015 | $19,790 | 1.77% | - |
| 2014 | $19,440 | -0.67% | - |
| 2013 | $19,570 | 3.58% | - |
| 2012 | $18,870 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $27,310, Louisville-Jefferson County is the second highest paying city for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in state of Kentucky, following the highest paying city Evansville (median annual salary of $28,560). Compared with Evansville, the median annual salary of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Louisville-Jefferson County is 4.4 percent (4.4%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Evansville | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| Owensboro | |
| Bowling Green | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |