Compared with the local labor market
Laundry Worker pay vs. Minnesota
Across all employers in Minnesota, the median wage for Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers — about 3,530 people — is $37,580. Veterans Affairs Department pays a median base salary of $43,320 for this role, 15% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Veterans Affairs Department sits in the local pay range
$31,090
$34,340
$37,580
$43,140
$46,530
Veterans Affairs Department median · $43,320
The bar is the range of annual wages for Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers across every employer in Minnesota, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Veterans Affairs Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers — about 198,040 people — is $34,890. Veterans Affairs Department’s median base salary is 24% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$27,440
$30,360
$34,890
$37,560
$43,190
Veterans Affairs Department median · $43,320
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Minnesota range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 6 of 10 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Veterans Affairs Department is $39,805, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Laundry Worker beyond Minnesota
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Minnesota, the median of $39,805 ranks #4 of 7. See Laundry Worker across all of Minnesota →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Laundry Worker roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.