Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
SOC 37-2011 · 2024-2034
Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $42,131per year
- Projected openings
- 372,180
- Projected change
- +4.9%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Numerous Job Openings
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Coordination
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $45,218 | 22,020 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $44,686 | 22,280 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $44,675 | 1,840 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $44,274 | 2,050 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $44,274 | 4,070 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $44,140 | 26,840 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $42,227 | 2,090 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $40,602 | 970 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $40,592 | 2,510 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $40,304 | 5,960 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $40,243 | 6,020 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $40,183 | 3,730 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $40,119 | 1,970 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $40,037 | 1,570 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $39,965 | 22,570 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $39,893 | 5,530 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $39,728 | 2,470 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $39,337 | 1,050 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $39,317 | 5,940 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $39,183 | 33,520 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $38,988 | 1,270 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $38,957 | 2,590 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $38,618 | 4,360 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $38,309 | 1,290 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $38,271 | 93,310 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $38,062 | 35,680 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $37,569 | 1,650 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $37,558 | 3,880 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $37,455 | 9,330 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $37,246 | 48,170 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $36,512
- A quarter earn under
- $37,763
- Half earn under
- $42,131
- Three quarters earn under
- $49,472
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $60,443
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $43,741 | 206,290 | +3.7% |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $38,750 | 69,180 | +4.8% |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $38,652 | 36,380 | +8.5% |
| Dishwashers | $38,829 | 124,120 | +3.6% |
| Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners | $56,716 | 3,350 | +15.6% |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | $45,689 | 502,850 | +8.6% |
Programs that train for this job — 7
Hospital Maintenance Technician
East Los Angeles Skills Center - LAUSD · Los Angeles · $1,115
Custodial/Building and Grounds
Richard N. Slawson Occupational Center - LAUSD · Bell · $449
Custodian for Health Care Industry Certificate of Completion
City College of San Francisco · San Francisco · $0
Custodial Training
Self Help for the Elderly · San Francisco · $4,250
Building and Grounds Worker Fundamentals
Los Angeles Technology Center - LAUSD · Los Angeles · $610
Custodial/Building And Grounds
Harbor Occupational Center - LAUSD · San Pedro · $485
Custodial/ Building and Grounds
Evans Community Adult School - LAUSD · Los Angeles · $610