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    Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

    Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment.

    Median pay
    $35,830
    Growth
    +3.9%
    As fast as average
    Openings a year
    51,500
    Typical education
    No formal credential

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $27,380
    Median
    $35,830
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $47,610
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    380,430 people work in this occupation.

    What cleaners of vehicles and equipment do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R) · strongest
    100 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    2 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    0 / 100
    Social (S)
    1 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    0 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    51 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

    Interest code RCI. Compare it with yours

    What you'd do

    Performing General Physical Activities
    72
    Handling and Moving Objects
    70
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    66
    Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
    65
    Making Decisions and Solving Problems
    65
    Getting Information
    63
    Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
    63
    Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
    61
    Training and Teaching Others
    60
    Processing Information
    58
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Operation and Control
    • Quality Control Analysis
    • Operations Monitoring
    • Monitoring
    • Time Management
    • Speaking
    • Active Listening
    • Service Orientation
    • Coordination
    • Critical Thinking

    Knowledge

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • English Language
    • Transportation
    • Administration and Management
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Production and Processing
    • Mechanical
    • Education and Training
    • Mathematics
    • Chemistry

    Abilities

    • Near Vision
    • Extent Flexibility
    • Manual Dexterity
    • Multilimb Coordination
    • Control Precision
    • Finger Dexterity
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Stamina
    • Trunk Strength
    • Arm-Hand Steadiness

    Work styles

    • Dependability
    • Attention to Detail
    • Cautiousness
    • Integrity
    • Achievement Orientation
    • Perseverance
    • Optimism
    • Self-Control
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Cooperation

    Also called

    Aircraft Cabin Cleaner · Aircraft Cleaner · Aircraft Detailer · Airplane Cleaner · Apparatus Cleaner · Apron Cleaner · Assembly Cleaner · Automat Car Attendant · Automatic Car Wash Attendant · Automobile Detailer

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    Certifications, licenses and pay by state

    What cleaners of vehicles and equipment may need beyond a degree, where a license is required, and what the work pays in each state.

    Licenses by state

    1 state lists a license for this work. Open your state for the license and the agency that issues it.

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    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 6, 2026.

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 6, 2026.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.