Linen room attendant
Also called linen manager, linen supervisor, linen and uniform attendant
Linen room attendants retrieve linen or uniforms for cleaning. They maintain service availability of the linen and keep inventory records.
What you'd do
Hand launderers and pressers · ILO- Laundering and pressing linen, clothing, fabrics and similar articles by hand in a laundry or other establishment
- Cleaning, by hand and with chemical solutions, clothing, fabrics, leather goods and similar articles, in a dry-cleaning or other establishment
- Replacing buttons and making minor repairs
- Placing articles on shelves and hanging articles for delivery and collection
- Indoors
- On your feet most of the day
- Constant contact with people, including the public
- Some freedom to decide
- Usually under 40 hours a week
- Deadlines most weeks
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Limited prospectsFewer jobs than in most work will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
Below averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €800 a month (Bulgaria) to €3,800 (Denmark), before tax.
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Among elementary occupations in the EU, women earn 9% less per hour than men. Elementary occupations · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Basic schoolingMost people start with basic schooling and learn on the job.
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Will AI change it?
Very littleAI could help with only small parts of the tasks.
Average task score 0.14 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 4 tasks
Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for hand launderers and pressers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).