Janitors & building cleaners

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2024 Workforce

2.24M

Average Age

45.6

Average Salary

$32,550

Average Male Salary

$36,565

Average Female Salary

$24,935

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 $32,550 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Janitors & building cleaners are NYC-Manhattan Community District 12--Washington Heights & Inwood PUMA, NY, NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope PUMA, NY, and NYC-Queens Community District 4--Elmhurst & Corona 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 2024 was 2,237,882 people, of which 34.5% were women and 65.5% 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

1,465,271

Male Workforce

± 29.6k

772,611

Female Workforce

± 21.5k

The Janitors & building cleaners workforce in 2024 was 2,237,882 people (34.5% women and 65.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of −7.13% between 2014 (2,409,684) and 2024 (2,237,882).

Employment by Location

Level

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

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were New York ($39,249), Hawaii ($39,097), and New Jersey ($38,437).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$32,550

AVERAGE WAGE

#424 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Janitors & building cleaners earned an average of $32,550, $37,328 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Janitors & building cleaners in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

In 2024, Janitors & building cleaners had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.393, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. 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 ($152,046).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

2.24M

2024 Workforce

± 36,462

−0.476%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 2.31%

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 51.9%, followed by Elementary & secondary schools with 32.1% and Lessors of real estate, and offices of real estate agents and brokers with 8.14%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Janitors & building cleaners in the US. The workforce of Janitors & building cleaners in 2024 was 2,237,882 people, with 34.5% woman, and 65.5% men. The average age of male Janitors & building cleaners in the workforce is 45.5 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 2024 was 2,237,882 people, with 34.5% woman, and 65.5% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (279,396 people), 60 to 64 years (252,015 people), and 50 to 54 years (251,404 people). Among them they concentrated 35% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 34.2% of Janitors & building cleaners workers were Hispanic and 65.8% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (52.9%), Puerto Rican (10.6)%, and Salvadoran (6.94)%

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Races

In 2024, 47.6% of the Janitors & building cleaners workforce were White, of which 29.6% were women and 70.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (16.4%) and Black (16.2%).

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 2024 were Personal & Culinary Services.

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 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (33,131 people), Education (15,060 people), and Engineering (11,349 people).

You can review this information for different academic grades by modifying the option selected in the selector above.

Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Janitors & building cleaners workers were High School or Equivalent (1,008,005 people), Some college (420,274 people), and Secondary Education (324,124 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.