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$17.71 USD per hour (median)

The median hourly wage for US janitors and building cleaners was $17.71 in May 2025, according to the BLS.

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$17.71 USD per hour (median)
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United States · May 2025
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official statistic
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Primary Government statistics
Publisher
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Title
Occupational Outlook Handbook: Janitors and Building Cleaners
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Page last modified 2026-08-27 (OEWS May 2025 data)
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https://www.bls.gov/ooh/building-and-grounds-cleaning/janitors-and-building-cleaners.htm
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“…The median hourly wage for janitors and building cleaners was $17.71 in May 2025.…”

Source passage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Caveats

  • Median wage paid to the worker, not the employer's full cost (benefits, payroll taxes, supervision and supplies are extra) and not a contractor's price.
  • SOC 37-2011 (janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners); excludes the self-employed.
  • The same figure appears in the BLS OEWS series OEUN000000000000037201108 (May 2025, via the BLS public API, read 2026-10-27); the lowest 10% earned less than $13.77 and the highest 10% more than $24.17.

Figure read in the source text on the access date and cross-checked against the BLS public API (editorial review, 2026-10-27).

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Whirrwork. (2026, October 27). The median hourly wage for US janitors and building cleaners was $17.71 in May 2025, according to the BLS [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-janitor-median-hourly-wage-2025/

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  author       = {{Whirrwork}},
  title        = {{The median hourly wage for US janitors and building cleaners was \$17.71 in May 2025, according to the BLS}},
  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = oct,
  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-janitor-median-hourly-wage-2025/},
  urldate      = {2026-10-27},
  note         = {Original source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Janitors and Building Cleaners. Licensed CC BY 4.0}
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Original source (APA)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d.). Occupational Outlook Handbook: Janitors and Building Cleaners. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/building-and-grounds-cleaning/janitors-and-building-cleaners.htm

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