Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Career, Salary and Skills
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $35,510 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 860,670. Wage data is published for 446 locations.
Occupation description
Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.
O*NET code
37-2012.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
Less than a High School Diploma
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$35,510
Hourly median
$17.07
Employment
860,670
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Service Orientation | 3.12 | 2.62 |
| Coordination | 3.00 | 2.62 |
| Time Management | 3.00 | 2.25 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 2.88 | 2.12 |
| Monitoring | 2.75 | 2.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 2.75 | 2.12 |
| Active Listening | 2.75 | 2.12 |
| Speaking | 2.75 | 2.12 |
| Reading Comprehension | 2.62 | 2.12 |
| Learning Strategies | 2.12 | 1.50 |
Typical tasks
- Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.
- Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.
- Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.
- Sweep, scrub, wax, or polish floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines.
- Replenish supplies, such as drinking glasses, linens, writing supplies, and bathroom items.
- Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies, using vacuum cleaners and shampooers.
- Wash windows, walls, ceilings, and woodwork, waxing and polishing as necessary.
- Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.
Technology
- Blink
- Computerized bed control system software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Eko
- Email software
- Inventory tracking software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Windows
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in CAMedian $42,660 · Employment 103,430
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in FLMedian $33,860 · Employment 79,550
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in TXMedian $29,660 · Employment 63,110
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in NYMedian $41,950 · Employment 41,740
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in New York, NYMedian $44,010 · Employment 40,030
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $43,530 · Employment 34,440
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in NCMedian $31,310 · Employment 33,080
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in OHMedian $32,170 · Employment 28,930
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in ILMedian $36,380 · Employment 26,150
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in PAMedian $33,870 · Employment 25,650
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in NVMedian $46,550 · Employment 24,380
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in VAMedian $33,820 · Employment 23,120
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- Carpet InstallersNational median $50,340
- Food Preparation WorkersNational median $35,320
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksNational median $35,070
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.