Compared with the local labor market
Senior Laundry Worker pay vs. New Jersey
Across all employers in New Jersey, the median wage for Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers — about 6,110 people — is $36,050. Human Services pays a median base salary of $41,494 for this role, 15% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Human Services sits in the local pay range
$32,220
$34,490
$36,050
$37,280
$40,770
Human Services median · $41,494
The bar is the range of annual wages for Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers across every employer in New Jersey, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Human Services’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. Human Services’s median base salary is 19% above that national figure, about the 85th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$27,440
$30,360
$34,890
$37,560
$43,190
Human Services median · $41,494
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 New Jersey range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 9 of 13 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 Human Services is $45,206, 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 departments
This role across New Jersey
Senior Laundry Worker is held in 2 New Jersey departments. In Human Services, the median of $45,206 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Senior Laundry Worker role in other New Jerseydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Senior Laundry Worker beyond New Jersey
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In New Jersey, the median of $45,589 ranks #2 of 2. See Senior Laundry Worker across all of New Jersey →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Senior 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.