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    Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

    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.

    Median pay
    $35,510
    Growth
    +0.6%
    Little or no change
    Openings a year
    175,500
    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
    $27,640
    Median
    $35,510
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $48,570
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    860,670 people work in this occupation.

    What maids and housekeeping cleaners do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    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.

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

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R) · strongest
    85 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    0 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    6 / 100
    Social (S)
    25 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    8 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    60 / 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.

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    What you'd do

    Performing General Physical Activities
    71
    Assisting and Caring for Others
    60
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    58
    Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
    58
    Getting Information
    57
    Handling and Moving Objects
    54
    Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
    52
    Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
    46
    Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
    46
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    46
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Service Orientation
    • Coordination
    • Time Management
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Active Listening
    • Critical Thinking
    • Monitoring
    • Speaking
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Active Learning

    Knowledge

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • English Language
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Administration and Management
    • Chemistry
    • Education and Training
    • Production and Processing
    • Communications and Media
    • Personnel and Human Resources
    • Telecommunications

    Abilities

    • Trunk Strength
    • Extent Flexibility
    • Near Vision
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Stamina
    • Dynamic Strength
    • Information Ordering
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Selective Attention

    Work styles

    • Dependability
    • Attention to Detail
    • Integrity
    • Cooperation
    • Humility
    • Optimism
    • Perseverance
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Achievement Orientation
    • Empathy

    Also called

    Bed Maker · Bunk House Worker · Butler · Cabin Cleaner · Chambermaid · Charwoman · Cleaner · Cleaning Maid · Cleaning Matron · Cleaning Porter

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    Certifications, licenses and pay by state

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

    Certifications

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    Licenses by state

    7 states list 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 9, 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 9, 2026.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.