Manufacturing
Laundry machine operator
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.3% (BLS).
The job
Laundry machine operators (ISCO 8157). Laundry machine operators operate laundry, dry-cleaning, pressing and fabric treatment machines in laundries and dry-cleaning establishments.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
27 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- clothes ironer
- clothes presser
- clothes washer
- dry cleaner
- dry cleaning worker
- dry cleaning workers supervisor
- fur ironer
- laundry and dry cleaning assistant
- laundry and dry cleaning attendant
- laundry and dry cleaning manager
- laundry and dry cleaning operator
- laundry and dry cleaning supervisor
- laundry and dry cleaning worke
- laundry and dry cleaning workers chief
- laundry and dry cleaning workers manager
- laundry and dry cleaning workers supervisor
- laundry and dry-cleaning chief
- laundry and dry-cleaning manager
- laundry and dry-cleaning supervisor
- laundry assistant
- laundry attendant
- laundry ironer
- laundry presser
- laundry worker
- laundry workers supervisor
- presser
- steam presser
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.