How much do Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers make in Joplin, MO-KS?

Percentile spread

For Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers, the published 10th percentile is $28,600 and the 90th percentile is $37,530. The difference is $8,930, which is 25.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $28,900 to the 75th at $35,950, covers $7,050.

The mean annual wage is $33,750, which sits below the median of $34,670. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Joplin, MO-KS median is 0.6% lower than the national median of $34,890 for Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,447, which is 15.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.4% higher than the Missouri median of $33,870.

Joplin, MO-KS covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Joplin, MO-KS is 85.718, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $34,670 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers at $40,447 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers. Joplin, MO-KS ranks 2nd of 16 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR is 71 miles away, with a median of $30,490 and employment of 290. That median is 12.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,376, against $40,447 here.
• Springfield, MO is 75 miles away, with a median of $31,200 and employment of 400. That median is 10% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,220, against $40,447 here.
• Tulsa, OK is 109 miles away, with a median of $28,450 and employment of 660. That median is 17.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,890, against $40,447 here.

Employment share

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Joplin, MO-KS (100 of 87,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.13% of employment (198,040 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.90 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.