Housekeeper vs maid

The differences between housekeepers and maids can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a housekeeper has an average salary of $29,306, which is higher than the $26,400 average annual salary of a maid.

The top three skills for a housekeeper include customer service, cleanliness and patients. The most important skills for a maid are taking care, laundry room, and customer service.

Housekeeper vs maid overview

	Housekeeper	Maid
Yearly salary	$29,306	$26,400
Hourly rate	$14.09	$12.69
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	111,501	20,631
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 46%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

What does a housekeeper do?

Housekeepers are responsible for taking care of their employers' houses. They are usually tasked to do work related to cleaning. Their primary responsibilities include sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping floors, managing recycling, taking out the trash, dusting surfaces, cleaning the bathroom, among others. They are also responsible for doing laundry, folding clothes, and storing clothes in cabinets. They may also be given additional responsibilities such as shopping for groceries, managing and stocking the pantry, cooking, walking pets and watering the plants. Housekeepers should be responsible, trustworthy, and knowledgeable on housework.

What does a maid do?

Maids are individuals who perform domestic chores like ironing, grocery shopping, cleaning, and laundry. Primarily, maids oversee the maintenance of wardrobes, serve meals, and lay out clothes. They can carry out their job independently and adhere to the strict schedules set for them. They maintain the cleaning records as well as the supply inventory in organizations or residences. Maids are expected to be equipped with physical capabilities, along with cleaning, time management, customer service, and organizational skills.

Housekeeper vs maid salary

Housekeepers and maids have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Housekeeper	Maid
Average salary	$29,306	$26,400
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $38,000	Between $20,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	Dallas, TX	New York, NY
Highest paying state	Alaska	New York
Best paying company	McMenamins Pubs & Breweries	MaidPro
Best paying industry	Telecommunication	Construction

Differences between housekeeper and maid education

There are a few differences between a housekeeper and a maid in terms of educational background:

	Housekeeper	Maid
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 46%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Housekeeper vs maid demographics

Here are the differences between housekeepers' and maids' demographics:

	Housekeeper	Maid
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 15.4% Female, 84.6%	Male, 15.2% Female, 84.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.7% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% Asian, 5.4% White, 59.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% Asian, 5.4% White, 59.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between housekeeper and maid duties and responsibilities

Housekeeper example responsibilities.

Train and manage several maids and achieve significant improvements in their productivity.
Demonstrate compassion and customer service to patients.
Remove smudges from vertical surfaces such as doors, door frames, light switches, partitions.
Used rags, vacuum, dusters, sponges, and scrapers.
Utilize good math skills while multitasking.
Like fixing there shoes, fixing the kids stuff animals.

Maid example responsibilities.

Supervise and train maids in their cleaning duties to ensure company standards of cleanliness are achieved.
Maintain high standards of cleanliness with bakery machinery/equipment to detail outside of machinery as well as deep clean inside machinery/equipment.
Do paperwork and sort soil towels and sponges at end of shift.
Perform quality assuranceensure sanitized work environment using germicides or steam-operate sterilizers.Observe precautions require to protect equipment

Housekeeper vs maid skills

Common housekeeper skills

Customer Service, 25%
Cleanliness, 14%
Patients, 9%
Guest Rooms, 6%
Good Judgment, 4%
OSHA, 3%

Common maid skills

Taking Care, 57%
Laundry Room, 7%
Customer Service, 7%
Bed Sheets, 5%
Clean Rooms, 4%
Customers Homes, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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