You could find a rewarding career in the financial services industry. Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) make an average of $74,200 and 10-year job growth is expected to be 18%. As more companies are doing away with pension plans, employees will need help with retirement planning.
More than half of the 201,180 laundry attendant jobs in the United States were in dry cleaning and laundry services, with mean wages of $9.93 per hour or $20,660 per year.
Women and men paid more or less the same for dry cleaning, Ms. Floyd discovered, but for laundering, men paid an average of $2.86 and women $4.95. Of the 50 places surveyed, 8 did not launder womenâs shirts at all, and 9 charged the same regardless of the ownerâs gender.âI was so amazed by this,â Ms. Floyd said.oing back to work would mean more trips to the cleaners, and she hated the idea of paying more than a man. So she began calling cleaners all over Manhattan â 50 over 18 days. She made lists and charts of what they charged for laundering and dry cleaning menâs and womenâs shirts and pants.