School Cleaning Coverage by State and Metro

99,073

Schools nationwide

18,222

School districts

386

Metro areas covered

$17.71

National median janitor wage

Every state

State	Districts	Schools	Median wage	Metros
Alabama	155	1,532	$14.72	12
Alaska	53	488	$19.48	2
Arizona	656	2,432	$17.42	7
Arkansas	290	1,106	$14.30	5
California	2,040	10,303	$19.75	25
Colorado	186	1,900	$18.56	7
Connecticut	198	1,007	$18.25	5
Delaware	43	236	$16.98	1
District of Columbia	63	245	$18.52	1
Florida	77	4,186	$16.58	22
Georgia	236	2,329	$16.50	14
Hawaii	1	296	$18.13	1
Idaho	190	796	$17.36	6
Illinois	958	4,398	$18.18	8
Indiana	435	1,919	$17.53	12
Iowa	329	1,318	$17.01	8
Kansas	290	1,341	$16.58	4
Kentucky	175	1,550	$15.54	6
Louisiana	189	1,308	$13.91	10
Maine	211	589	$18.72	3
Maryland	25	1,408	$17.61	4
Massachusetts	397	1,823	$21.91	6
Michigan	881	3,468	$17.33	15
Minnesota	544	2,741	$19.04	5
Mississippi	152	1,019	$13.64	3
Missouri	565	2,451	$17.26	8
Montana	394	842	$17.84	5
Nebraska	273	1,097	$17.26	3
Nevada	20	735	$18.47	3
New Hampshire	197	501	$18.82	1
New Jersey	678	2,557	$18.09	3
New Mexico	154	879	$17.32	4
New York	1,109	4,810	$20.02	13
North Carolina	335	2,705	$16.59	15
North Dakota	169	514	$18.15	4
Ohio	1,007	3,543	$17.26	12
Oklahoma	543	1,781	$14.96	4
Oregon	206	1,291	$18.92	8
Pennsylvania	753	2,932	$17.56	16
Rhode Island	64	313	$17.94	1
South Carolina	92	1,277	$14.99	8
South Dakota	151	706	$17.06	2
Tennessee	149	1,913	$16.08	10
Texas	1,211	9,192	$15.87	26
Utah	155	1,097	$15.48	5
Vermont	109	304	$19.67	1
Virginia	209	2,126	$16.91	9
Washington	330	2,543	$21.89	11
West Virginia	62	676	$14.90	7
Wisconsin	451	2,190	$17.79	13
Wyoming	62	360	$17.33	2

Why the state matters more than you would think

Cleaning is a labour business, so the price follows the local wage. The median janitorial wage runs from $13.64 in Mississippi to $21.91 in Massachusetts — a spread of 61% on the single largest line in any contract. Two identical buildings in two states are not the same job at the same price, and any contractor quoting you a national per-square-foot rate has not looked at your payroll.

Highest median wage	$/hr	Lowest median wage	$/hr
Massachusetts	$21.91	Mississippi	$13.64
Washington	$21.89	Louisiana	$13.91
New York	$20.02	Arkansas	$14.30
California	$19.75	Alabama	$14.72
Vermont	$19.67	West Virginia	$14.90

Largest metro areas

All metro areas

Abilene, TX Akron, OH Albany, NY Albany, GA Albany, OR Albuquerque, NM Alexandria, LA Allentown, PA Altoona, PA Amarillo, TX Ames, IA Amherst Town, MA Anchorage, AK Ann Arbor, MI Anniston, AL Appleton, WI Asheville, NC Athens, GA Atlanta, GA Atlantic City, NJ Auburn, AL Augusta, GA Austin, TX Bakersfield, CA Baltimore, MD Bangor, ME Barnstable Town, MA Baton Rouge, LA Battle Creek, MI Bay City, MI Beaumont, TX Beckley, WV Bellingham, WA Bend, OR Billings, MT Binghamton, NY Birmingham, AL Bismarck, ND Blacksburg, VA Bloomington, IL Bloomington, IN Boise City, ID Boston, MA Boulder, CO Bowling Green, KY Bozeman, MT Bremerton, WA Bridgeport, CT Brownsville, TX Brunswick, GA Buffalo, NY Burlington, VT Burlington, NC Canton, OH Cape Coral, FL Cape Girardeau, MO Carson City, NV Casper, WY Cedar Rapids, IA Chambersburg, PA Champaign, IL Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte, NC Charlottesville, VA Chattanooga, TN Cheyenne, WY Chicago, IL Chico, CA Cincinnati, OH Clarksville, TN Cleveland, OH Cleveland, TN Coeur d'Alene, ID College Station, TX Colorado Springs, CO Columbia, SC Columbia, MO Columbus, OH Columbus, GA Columbus, IN Corpus Christi, TX Corvallis, OR Crestview, FL Dallas, TX Dalton, GA Daphne, AL Davenport, IA Dayton, OH Decatur, AL Decatur, IL Deltona, FL Denver, CO Des Moines, IA Detroit, MI Dothan, AL Dover, DE Dubuque, IA Duluth, MN Durham, NC Eagle Pass, TX Eau Claire, WI El Centro, CA El Paso, TX Elizabethtown, KY Elkhart, IN Elmira, NY Enid, OK Erie, PA Eugene, OR Evansville, IN Fairbanks, AK Fargo, ND Farmington, NM Fayetteville, AR Fayetteville, NC Flagstaff, AZ Flint, MI Florence, SC Florence, AL Fond du Lac, WI Fort Collins, CO Fort Smith, AR Fort Wayne, IN Fresno, CA Gadsden, AL Gainesville, FL Gainesville, GA Gettysburg, PA Glens Falls, NY Goldsboro, NC Grand Forks, ND Grand Island, NE Grand Junction, CO Grand Rapids, MI Grants Pass, OR Great Falls, MT Greeley, CO Green Bay, WI Greensboro, NC Greenville, SC Greenville, NC Gulfport, MS Hagerstown, MD Hammond, LA Hanford, CA Harrisburg, PA Harrisonburg, VA Hartford, CT Hattiesburg, MS Helena, MT Hickory, NC Hilton Head Island, SC Hinesville, GA Homosassa Springs, FL Hot Springs, AR Houma, LA Houston, TX Huntington, WV Huntsville, AL Idaho Falls, ID Indianapolis, IN Iowa City, IA Ithaca, NY Jackson, MS Jackson, TN Jackson, MI Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville, NC Janesville, WI Jefferson City, MO Johnson City, TN Johnstown, PA Jonesboro, AR Joplin, MO Kalamazoo, MI Kankakee, IL Kansas City, MO Kennewick, WA Kenosha, WI Killeen, TX Kingsport, TN Kingston, NY Kiryas Joel, NY Knoxville, TN Kokomo, IN La Crosse, WI Lafayette, LA Lafayette, IN Lake Charles, LA Lake Havasu City, AZ Lakeland, FL Lancaster, PA Lansing, MI Laredo, TX Las Cruces, NM Las Vegas, NV Lawrence, KS Lawton, OK Lebanon, PA Lewiston, ME Lewiston, ID Lexington, KY Lexington Park, MD Lima, OH Lincoln, NE Little Rock, AR Logan, UT Longview, TX Longview, WA Los Angeles, CA Louisville/Jefferson County, KY Lubbock, TX Lynchburg, VA Macon, GA Madison, WI Manchester, NH Manhattan, KS Mankato, MN Mansfield, OH McAllen, TX Medford, OR Memphis, TN Merced, CA Miami, FL Michigan City, IN Midland, TX Midland, MI Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis, MN Minot, ND Missoula, MT Mobile, AL Modesto, CA Monroe, LA Monroe, MI Montgomery, AL Morgantown, WV Morristown, TN Mount Vernon, WA Muncie, IN Muskegon, MI Myrtle Beach, SC Napa, CA Naples, FL Nashville, TN New Haven, CT New Orleans, LA New York, NY Niles, MI North Port, FL Norwich, CT Ocala, FL Odessa, TX Ogden, UT Oklahoma City, OK Olympia, WA Omaha, NE Orlando, FL Oshkosh, WI Owensboro, KY Oxnard, CA Paducah, KY Palm Bay, FL Panama City, FL Parkersburg, WV Pensacola, FL Peoria, IL Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Pinehurst, NC Pittsburgh, PA Pittsfield, MA Pocatello, ID Port St. Lucie, FL Portland, OR Portland, ME Prescott Valley, AZ Providence, RI Provo, UT Pueblo, CO Punta Gorda, FL Racine, WI Raleigh, NC Rapid City, SD Reading, PA Redding, CA Reno, NV Richmond, VA Riverside, CA Roanoke, VA Rochester, NY Rochester, MN Rockford, IL Rocky Mount, NC Rome, GA Sacramento, CA Saginaw, MI Salem, OR Salinas, CA Salisbury, MD Salt Lake City, UT San Angelo, TX San Antonio, TX San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA San Luis Obispo, CA Sandusky, OH Santa Cruz, CA Santa Fe, NM Santa Maria, CA Santa Rosa, CA Savannah, GA Scranton, PA Seattle, WA Sebastian, FL Sebring, FL Sheboygan, WI Sherman, TX Shreveport, LA Sierra Vista, AZ Sioux City, IA Sioux Falls, SD Slidell, LA South Bend, IN Spartanburg, SC Spokane, WA Springfield, MO Springfield, MA Springfield, IL Springfield, OH St. Cloud, MN St. George, UT St. Joseph, MO St. Louis, MO State College, PA Staunton, VA Stockton, CA Sumter, SC Syracuse, NY Tallahassee, FL Tampa, FL Terre Haute, IN Texarkana, TX Toledo, OH Topeka, KS Traverse City, MI Trenton, NJ Tucson, AZ Tulsa, OK Tuscaloosa, AL Twin Falls, ID Tyler, TX Urban Honolulu, HI Utica, NY Valdosta, GA Vallejo, CA Victoria, TX Vineland, NJ Virginia Beach, VA Visalia, CA Waco, TX Walla Walla, WA Warner Robins, GA Washington, DC Waterbury, CT Waterloo, IA Watertown, NY Wausau, WI Weirton, WV Wenatchee, WA Wheeling, WV Wichita, KS Wichita Falls, TX Wildwood, FL Williamsport, PA Wilmington, NC Winchester, VA Winston, NC Worcester, MA Yakima, WA York, PA Youngstown, OH Yuba City, CA Yuma, AZ