Professional cleaner vs housekeeper

The differences between professional cleaners and housekeepers 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 $27,268 average annual salary of a professional cleaner.

The top three skills for a professional cleaner include building floors, clean bathrooms and clean windows. The most important skills for a housekeeper are customer service, cleanliness, and patients.

Professional cleaner vs housekeeper overview

	Professional Cleaner	Housekeeper
Yearly salary	$27,268	$29,306
Hourly rate	$13.11	$14.09
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	119,875	111,501
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	High School Diploma, 53%
Average age	49	48
Years of experience	-	-

Professional cleaner vs housekeeper salary

Professional cleaners and housekeepers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Professional Cleaner	Housekeeper
Average salary	$27,268	$29,306
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $35,000	Between $22,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	Dallas, TX
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	Alaska
Best paying company	Vacation	McMenamins Pubs & Breweries
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Telecommunication

Differences between professional cleaner and housekeeper education

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

	Professional Cleaner	Housekeeper
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	High School Diploma, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Professional cleaner vs housekeeper demographics

Here are the differences between professional cleaners' and housekeepers' demographics:

	Professional Cleaner	Housekeeper
Average age	49	48
Gender ratio	Male, 24.9% Female, 75.1%	Male, 15.4% Female, 84.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 4.6% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	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%
LGBT Percentage	5%	4%

Differences between professional cleaner and housekeeper duties and responsibilities

Professional cleaner example responsibilities.

Supervise and train maids in their cleaning duties to ensure company standards of cleanliness are achieved.
Assist in cleaning restroom facilities including cleaning toilets, urinals, sinks, and mopping floors.
Execute commercial building following safety awareness to maintain cleanliness and neatness of working area and premises.
Sweep mop sanitize and disinfect surfaces dust buff floors clean restrooms basements clean out stoves and refrigerators etc

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.

Professional cleaner vs housekeeper skills

Common professional cleaner skills

Building Floors, 25%
Clean Bathrooms, 16%
Clean Windows, 13%
Office Buildings, 9%
Light Fixtures, 6%
Commercial Cleaning, 4%

Common housekeeper skills

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

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Updated January 8, 2025

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