Laundry Working
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Laundry Working occupation series (code 7304), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Laundry Working is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 611 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Pressing Family family. At an average salary of $46,005 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.7%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 10 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 3
What the Numbers Say About Laundry Working
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. Pay moved up between the two reporting periods, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
Laundry Working sits inside the Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Pressing Family family (code 73), which contains 3 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Laundry Working postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Pressing Family family. Laundry Working makes up 74.1% of the Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Pressing Family family's 825 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (0th percentile) of pay among Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Pressing Family occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Laundry Working pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$46,005
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-60.8%
Where Laundry Working ranks on lean federal pay
Laundry Working earns more on average than 3% of federal occupation series (17 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Laundry Working sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Laundry Working.
Related Occupations in Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Pressing Family
2 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laundry Machine Operating | 173 | $54,494 | 13.6 yrs |
| Misc Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Pressing | 41 | $71,113 | 15 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Laundry Working outside the Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Pressing Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (611 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($46,005 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Laundry Working pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Pressing Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Laundry Working postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.