The annual salary statistics of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 | $17,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $18,510 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $21,520 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $24,960 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $27,440 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $27,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $21,520. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,460.
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 | $21,520 | 0.93% | 17.57% |
| 2021 | $21,320 | 7.97% | - |
| 2020 | $19,620 | -2.60% | - |
| 2019 | $20,130 | -2.53% | - |
| 2018 | $20,640 | 2.81% | - |
| 2017 | $20,060 | 10.12% | - |
| 2016 | $18,030 | -2.27% | - |
| 2015 | $18,440 | 3.52% | - |
| 2014 | $17,790 | -1.29% | - |
| 2013 | $18,020 | 1.55% | - |
| 2012 | $17,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $21,520 in Brownsville-Harlingen is in the middle of salary range for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Brownsville-Harlingen is 21.4 percent (21.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 7.5 percent (7.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fort Worth-Arlington.