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laundry workers supervisor

Laundry workers supervisors monitor and coordinate the activities of the laundry and dry-cleaning staff of laundry shops and industrial laundry companies. They plan and implement production schedules, hire and train workers and monitor the production quality levels.

laundry workers supervisor laundry workers supervisors monitor and coordinate the activities of the laundry and dry-cleaning staff of laundry shops and industrial laundry companies. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include counselling methods, quality standards, company policies, manage budgets, handle customer complaints.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £23,331 a year for Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 9224). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Plant and machine operators and assemblers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only laundry workers supervisor, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹18,618 a month
Rural India
₹16,257 a month
All India
₹17,301 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 8. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

counselling methods quality standards company policies manage budgets handle customer complaints manage health and safety standards recruit employees oversee quality control manage workflow processes plan shifts of employees

Frequently asked questions

What does laundry workers supervisor do?

Laundry workers supervisors monitor and coordinate the activities of the laundry and dry-cleaning staff of laundry shops and industrial laundry companies. They plan and implement production schedules, hire and train workers and monitor the production quality levels.

What skills does laundry workers supervisor need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include counselling methods, quality standards, company policies, manage budgets, handle customer complaints, manage health and safety standards. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace laundry workers supervisor?

Our AI-durability model gives laundry workers supervisor a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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