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United States
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
United States. Estimated employment 860,670, with pages for 65 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$27,640 10th
$30,350 25th
$35,510 50th
$39,590 75th
$48,570 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
San Jose, CA $48,200 5,620 Las Vegas, NV $48,140 20,800 San Francisco, CA $46,590 12,990 Napa, CA $44,260 1,010 New York, NY $44,010 40,030 Los Angeles, CA $43,530 34,440 Vallejo, CA $43,090 920 Santa Rosa, CA $42,740 1,690 San Diego, CA $42,150 10,400 Yuba City, CA $40,560 300 Boston, MA $39,470 10,920 Barnstable Town, MA $38,750 950 Washington, DC $37,840 15,860 Amherst Town, MA $37,690 270 Worcester, MA $37,350 1,250 Chicago, IL $37,310 18,260 Kiryas Joel, NY $36,680 1,130 Pittsfield, MA $36,600 550 Springfield, MA $36,590 730 Kingston, NY $36,500 640 Reno, NV $36,440 2,220 Phoenix, AZ $36,160 14,250 Ithaca, NY $36,010 240 Albany, NY $35,740 1,530 Springfield, IL $35,690 490 Naples, FL $35,590 1,940 Philadelphia, PA $35,550 11,330 Carson City, NV $35,360 170 Utica, NY $35,170 700 Orlando, FL $35,150 17,810 Glens Falls, NY $35,090 460 Peoria, IL $35,060 940 Allentown, PA $35,020 1,670 Champaign, IL $34,890 430 Syracuse, NY $34,840 1,090 Flagstaff, AZ $34,720 1,530 Decatur, IL $34,680 230 Kankakee, IL $34,510 300 Miami, FL $34,360 22,370 Rockford, IL $34,230 510 Bloomington, IL $34,120 440 Chambersburg, PA $33,970 290 North Port, FL $33,960 2,430 Lancaster, PA $33,950 1,480 Tucson, AZ $33,820 2,380 Gainesville, FL $33,680 1,280 Cape Coral, FL $33,640 2,260 Lebanon, PA $33,530 190 Prescott Valley, AZ $33,310 710 Lakeland, FL $33,170 1,530 Port St. Lucie, FL $32,790 1,280 Austin, TX $32,760 5,840 State College, PA $32,740 410 Pittsburgh, PA $32,670 4,250 Harrisburg, PA $32,240 1,480 Dallas, TX $31,670 17,480 Lake Havasu City, AZ $31,630 380 Yuma, AZ $31,600 330 Sierra Vista, AZ $30,600 290 Midland, TX $29,780 660 Houston, TX $29,740 12,900 San Antonio, TX $29,560 5,760 Killeen, TX $29,500 1,090 Odessa, TX $29,100 370 Waco, TX $28,670 750
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 860,670 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 37-2012, Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners. Mapped to our taxonomy as maids-and-housekeeping-cleaners .
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.