Drycleaning & laundry in Washington 259 establishments · 1,070 employees · 2024
Firms (WA)
259
Employment
1,070
Avg Annual Pay
$32,796
State Rank
#15 of 52
How Washington compares to national
Metric
Washington
National
Washington vs. U.S.
Establishments
259
14,922
1.7% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$32,796
$31,979
+$817 (+2.6%)
Location quotient
0.89
1.00
11% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
4.1
6.0
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Year-over-year firm growth
-1.9%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.89 means drycleaning & laundry are 11% under-represented in Washington's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 812320. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json