Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    4.61M
    Average Age
    44.2
    Average Salary
    $33,508
    Average Male Salary
    $37,953
    Average Female Salary
    $26,235

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    Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations are most often employed by the Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) industry. The average yearly wage for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations was $33,508 in 2024.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workforce. Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workforce in 2024 was 4,613,729 people, of which 37.9% were women and 62.1% were men.

    Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations are paid most in Orange County (Southeast)--Rancho Santa Margarita City & Ladera Ranch PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Houston City (West)--Westpark Tollway, Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    2,863,670
    Male Workforce
    ± 41.2k
    1,750,059
    Female Workforce
    ± 32.3k

    The Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workforce in 2024 was 4,613,729 people (37.9% women and 62.1% men). This implies an average annual growth of −7.78% between 2014 (5,003,168) and 2024 (4,613,729).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Hawaii ($41,495), New York ($39,350), and New Jersey ($38,633).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $33,508
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #14 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations earned an average of $33,508, $36,370 less than the average national salary of $69,878

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.396
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.396, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations 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 Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations, by average wage, is U. S. Marines ($123,322).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    4.61M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 51,944
    −1.27%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 1.61%

    This graphic shows the share of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations employed by various industries. Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) employs the largest share of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations at 39.9%, followed by Landscaping services with 31.5% and Elementary & secondary schools with 15.7%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in the US. The workforce of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in 2024 was 4,613,729 people, with 37.9% woman, and 62.1% men. The average age of male Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in the workforce is 43.5 and of female Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations is 45.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in 2024 was 4,613,729 people, with 37.9% woman, and 62.1% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (521,546 people), 50 to 54 years (496,059  people), and 45 to 49 years (471,644 people). Among them they concentrated 32.3% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 37.5% of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workers were Hispanic and 62.5% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (55.4%), Puerto Rican (8.23)%, and Salvadoran (7.34)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 46.4% of the Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workforce were White, of which 31.7% were women and 68.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (17.8%) and Other (16.9%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Agriculture.

    Among the necessary skills for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations 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.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (83,495 people), Education (33,675 people), and Engineering (22,813 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (1,959,882 people), Some college (818,822 people), and Secondary Education (710,684 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, Monitoring.

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