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Personal and Laundry Services: NAICS 812

About the Personal and Laundry Services subsector

The personal and laundry services subsector is part of the other services (except public administration) sector.

Industries in the Personal and Laundry Services subsector group establishments that provide personal and laundry services to individuals, households, and businesses. Services performed include: personal care services; death care services; laundry and drycleaning services; and a wide range of other personal services, such as pet care (except veterinary) services, photofinishing services, temporary parking services, and dating services.

North American Industry Classification System

The personal and laundry services subsector consists of these industry groups:

Personal Care Services: NAICS 8121
Death Care Services: NAICS 8122
Drycleaning and Laundry Services: NAICS 8123
Other Personal Services: NAICS 8129

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in personal and laundry services. While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment and Unemployment


Data series	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)	1,610.9	1,613.3	(p)1,614.3	(p)1,618.2
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees	1,350.1	1,331.7	(p)1,335.0
Unemployment
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.4%	4.1%	4.7%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey

Employment by Occupation


Data series	Employment, 2024
Counter and rental clerks	27,510
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	261,210
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	96,370
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	23,520

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for personal and laundry services.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in personal and laundry services.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees


Data series	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
Average hourly earnings	$24.02	$24.46	$24.38	(p)$24.46
Average weekly hours	28.1	28.2	27.3	(p)27.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees


Data series	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
Average hourly earnings	$22.43	$22.72	$22.31	(p)$22.59
Average weekly hours	27.6	27.7	26.9	(p)27.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation


Data series	Wages, 2024
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Counter and rental clerks	15.31	15.46	31,840	32,160
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	17.10	21.16	35,570	44,020
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	16.18	16.06	33,650	33,400
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	16.20	15.89	33,690	33,050

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in personal and laundry services. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.


Data series	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fatalities
Number of fatalities				37
There was a series break beginning with 2023 data due to NAICS 2022. Data for years prior to 2023 are available at www.bls.gov/iif.


Data series	2023
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	1.6
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	0.9
Cases involving days away from work	0.6
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.3
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in personal and laundry services.

Establishments


Data series	4th quarter 2023	1st quarter 2024	2nd quarter 2024	3rd quarter 2024
Number of establishments
Private industry	263,304	(p)265,417	(p)267,951	(p)270,258
Local government	1,034	(p)1,024	(p)1,028	(p)1,028
State government	11	(p)11	(p)11	(p)11
Federal government	83	(p)82	(p)82	(p)79
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Data extracted on: April 24, 2025