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  "slug": "us-janitor-mean-wage-2024",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-janitor-mean-wage-2024/",
  "topic": "labour",
  "claim": "US janitors and cleaners earned an annual mean wage of $37,460 in May 2024, according to the BLS.",
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    "display": "$37,460",
    "unit": "USD per year (annual mean)"
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  "scope": {
    "geography": "United States",
    "period": "May 2024"
  },
  "measure": "official statistic",
  "confidence": "high",
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    "kind": "Government statistics",
    "name": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)",
    "title": "Occupational Employment and Wages — May 2024",
    "publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
    "published": "2025-04-02",
    "date_note": null,
    "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ocwage_04022025.htm",
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  "accessed": "2026-10-25",
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  "quote": {
    "text": "janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ($37,460)",
    "lang": "en"
  },
  "quote_note": null,
  "caveats": [
    "Mean, not median."
  ],
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  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). US janitors and cleaners earned an annual mean wage of $37,460 in May 2024, according to the BLS [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-janitor-mean-wage-2024/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “US janitors and cleaners earned an annual mean wage of $37,460 in May 2024, according to the BLS.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-janitor-mean-wage-2024/.",
    "mla": "“US janitors and cleaners earned an annual mean wage of $37,460 in May 2024, according to the BLS.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-janitor-mean-wage-2024/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_us_janitor_mean_wage_2024,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{US janitors and cleaners earned an annual mean wage of \\$37,460 in May 2024, according to the BLS}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-janitor-mean-wage-2024/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Original source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages — May 2024 (2025-04-02). Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2025, April 2). Occupational Employment and Wages — May 2024. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ocwage_04022025.htm"
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