Skilled Trades
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.
Median salary
$34,660
Typical range
$27k – $48k
Job outlook
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Entry / Junior
$26,800
~2 yrs to advance
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Established
$34,660
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Senior
$41,125
Key skills
A typical day
- •Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.
- •Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.
- •Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.
- •Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.
- •Sweep, scrub, wax, or polish floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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