Also called: Laundry & Cleaners Owner
Owns a dry cleaner or laundry service, often with several drop-off locations or delivery routes.
He checks the cleaning machines, handles a customer's stained wedding dress with extra care, manages counter staff, and plans a pickup-and-delivery app service.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 5 years after high school. No degree needed; business skills and capital; many inherit family businesses.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Business Administration.
Growing slowly. Fewer people wear suits, but delivery services and specialty care grow.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Apps handle pickup and payment, and pressing gets more automated; the shop and its quality still need an owner.
Classes: Business, Chemistry, Accounting.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-1021.
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