Janitors & building cleaners

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2023 Workforce

2.25M

Average Age

45.6

Average Salary

$31,496

Average Male Salary

$35,279

Average Female Salary

$24,266

About

Janitors & building cleaners are most often employed by the Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) industry. The average yearly wage for Janitors & building cleaners was $31,496 in 2023.

The locations that employ the most Janitors & building cleaners are NYC-Manhattan Community District 12--Washington Heights & Inwood PUMA, NY, NYC-Bronx Community District 4--Highbridge & Concourse PUMA, NY, and NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope PUMA, NY. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Janitors & building cleaners are NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope PUMA, NY, NYC-Bronx Community District 4--Highbridge & Concourse PUMA, NY, and NYC-Bronx Community Districts 1 & 2--Melrose, Mott Haven, Longwood, & Hunts Point PUMA, NY.

Service Occupations Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Janitors & building cleaners workforce. Janitors & building cleaners workforce in 2023 was 2,248,576 people, of which 34.4% were women and 65.6% were men. Janitors & building cleaners are paid most in Los Angeles County (North)--LA City (Northeast/North Hollywood & Valley Village) PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

1,476,166

Male Workforce

± 29.7k

772,410

Female Workforce

± 21.5k

The Janitors & building cleaners workforce in 2023 was 2,248,576 people (34.4% women and 65.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of −6.69% between 2014 (2,409,684) and 2023 (2,248,576).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Janitors & building cleaners.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were New York ($38,783), New Jersey ($36,913), and Hawaii ($35,817).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$31,496

AVERAGE WAGE

#479 in the ranking (2023)

$67,727

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Janitors & building cleaners earned an average of $31,496, $36,231 less than the average national salary of $67,727

The graph shows the ranking of Janitors & building cleaners in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2023.

In 2023, Janitors & building cleaners had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.393, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Janitors & building cleaners (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Janitors & building cleaners compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Janitors & building cleaners and on wages for those in the field. Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) is the industry that employs the most Janitors & building cleaners, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Janitors & building cleaners, by average wage, is Pipeline transportation ($135,814).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

2.25M

2023 Workforce

± 36,545

−3.26%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 2.36%

This graphic shows the share of Janitors & building cleaners employed by various industries. Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) employs the largest share of Janitors & building cleaners at 50.1%, followed by Elementary & secondary schools with 31.2% and uninformed with 10.6%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Janitors & building cleaners in the US. The workforce of Janitors & building cleaners in 2023 was 2,248,576 people, with 34.4% woman, and 65.6% men. The average age of male Janitors & building cleaners in the workforce is 45.4 and of female Janitors & building cleaners is 46, and the most common race/ethnicity for Janitors & building cleaners is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Janitors & building cleaners in 2023 was 2,248,576 people, with 34.4% woman, and 65.6% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (285,930 people), 50 to 54 years (256,735 people), and 60 to 64 years (249,628 people). Among them they concentrated 35.2% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 33.8% of Janitors & building cleaners workers were Hispanic and 66.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (53.4%), Puerto Rican (10.9)%, and Salvadoran (6.95)%

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Races

In 2023, 51.4% of the Janitors & building cleaners workforce were White, of which 30.8% were women and 69.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (16.7%) and Other (14.1%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Janitors & building cleaners from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Janitors & building cleaners is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were MILITARY SCIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONAL ART.

Among the necessary skills for Janitors & building cleaners, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Janitors & building cleaners need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Janitors & building cleaners in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (31,406 people), Education (15,817 people), and Engineering (10,945 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Janitors & building cleaners workers were High School or Equivalent (1,014,060 people), Some college (428,049 people), and Secondary Education (330,369 people).

The graphic shows the Janitors & building cleaners workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Janitors & building cleaners from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Janitors & building cleaners need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, Monitoring.