The annual salary statistics of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $27,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,380 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $29,640 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $38,860 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $38,860. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,380. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,460.
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 | $29,380 | 1.23% | 19.47% |
| 2021 | $29,020 | -1.31% | - |
| 2020 | $29,400 | 4.97% | - |
| 2019 | $27,940 | 3.15% | - |
| 2018 | $27,060 | 12.31% | - |
| 2017 | $23,730 | 0.29% | - |
| 2016 | $23,660 | 1.10% | - |
| 2015 | $23,400 | -1.11% | - |
| 2012 | $23,660 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,380 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Watertown-Fort Drum is 10.4 percent (10.4%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 34.7 percent (34.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.