“Presswale bhaiya earns ₹2 Lakh a Month!” Internet goes wild over dry-cleaning business | Watch video
A chat between Nalini Unagar and her neighbourhood dry-cleaner has spurred a debate on Twitter about degrees, earnings and white-collar jobs in India. The creator shared that her dry-cleaner earns ₹2 lakh per month. The tweets divided Twitterati, with many praising the profitability of small business owners.
Dry-cleaner Earns ₹10 Per Ironed Garment And ₹350 Dry Clean
Unagar uploaded three tweets detailing the income of the dry-cleaning duo who owns the shop and his wife. They have two helpers and iron approximately 350 garments at ₹10 per iron.
As for dry cleaning, they accept heavy garments where they charge ₹350 each. While ₹10 might not sound like much. But when you crunch the numbers:
- 350 garments * ₹10 = ₹3500
- 20 garments * ₹350 = ₹7000
- Total ≈ ₹10500 earned in a day
Let’s multiply ₹10500 by 30 (assuming they take only 3 days off) ≈ ₹2,83,500 per month
Profit…
What interested users was the couple’s profit margin. Since they have helpers and to pay for electricity, their earnings are approximately ₹2,37,500/- per month.
See the joke here? That’s more than what many engineers take home post-tax every month.
“But Ma’am, we have a degree, no degree”
“That Bhaiya earns more than us…”
Users took to the comment section to point out how degree holders are always expected to land lucrative jobs.
Yesterday, I was talking with the dry cleaning shop owner near my house, where I regularly go. He and his wife both work together, and they have two helpers on salary. I was shocked when they said they earn around ₹2,00,000 per month, which is equal to a 10+ years experienced… pic.twitter.com/BjPddpb9Me
— Nalini Unagar (@NalinisKitchen) February 9, 2026
One user commented:
“Engineers working on debugging their code on their salary at 2 AM earn ₹2 L per month.
Whereas bhaiya ironing clothes makes the same money in just 2 minutes”
Another user pointed out:
“Income is not directly proportional to your degrees, it’s proportional to the value that you capture.”
Do white-collar jobs make us stuck?
Opinions were divided with many concluding that labour based professions are just as profitable and dignified as white-collar jobs.
Hell, some people are even saying this Twitter user is going to be harassed by IT soon.