Clothes Ironers


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Clothes Ironers

Clothes Ironers - Employment & Outlook

The table below provides information about the number of workers in this career in various regions. It also provides information about the expected growth rate and future job openings.

Employment

Major employers:

  • Laundry and dry cleaning companies
  • Apparel manufacturing companies
  • Textile mills

Outlook

Job growth for this career is declining. Demand for clothes pressers in the laundry industry will increase. In contrast, employment in the garment industry will decline due to increased garment production overseas. Automation also makes workers more productive, so fewer workers are needed.

Some job openings will occur as current workers retire, transfer to other careers, or leave the career for other reasons.

Clothes Pressers (CIS 100273)

Location Employment & Growth >>>> Annual openings



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Illinois
979
Small
&
-13.6%
8.2%
>>>>
82
Very few
  Champaign Area
29
Very small
&
0.0%
5.2%
>>>>
3
Very few
  Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area
9
Very small
&
-11.1%
2.9%
>>>>
0
None
  Cook County
472
Small
&
-10.0%
9.2%
>>>>
42
Very few
  Decatur Area
12
Very small
&
-50.0%
3.8%
>>>>
0
None
  DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area
58
Very small
&
-13.8%
10.3%
>>>>
4
Very few
  Du Page County
95
Very small
&
-18.9%
8.8%
>>>>
7
Very few
  Edwardsville Area
24
Very small
&
-16.7%
12.4%
>>>>
2
Very few
  Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area
5
Very small
&
20.0%
-0.2%
>>>>
0
None
  Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area
15
Very small
&
-53.3%
6.0%
>>>>
0
None
  Lake County
52
Very small
&
-7.7%
11.7%
>>>>
5
Very few
  McHenry County
21
Very small
&
-28.6%
7.6%
>>>>
1
Very few
  Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area
10
Very small
&
-20.0%
4.4%
>>>>
0
None
  Northwest Illinois Area
13
Very small
&
-23.1%
4.3%
>>>>
1
Very few
  Peoria-Bloomington Area
19
Very small
&
5.3%
4.5%
>>>>
2
Very few
  Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area
9
Very small
&
-22.2%
3.5%
>>>>
0
None
  Rock Island-Moline Area
13
Very small
&
-23.1%
5.6%
>>>>
1
Very few
  Rockford Area
22
Very small
&
-22.7%
6.6%
>>>>
2
Very few
  Shawnee National Forest Area
9
Very small
&
-22.2%
1.1%
>>>>
0
None
  Springfield Area
18
Very small
&
-22.2%
4.6%
>>>>
2
Very few
  St Louis-Belleville Area
16
Very small
&
-31.3%
0.9%
>>>>
2
Very few
  Will County
60
Very small
&
-10.0%
14.9%
>>>>
4
Very few
United States
29,800
Small
&
-21.8%
2.8%
>>>>
2,700
Very few
Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.