Building Cleaning Workers, All Other · SOC 37-2019

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Building Cleaning Workers, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for building cleaning workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 34 metro areas

Building Cleaning Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$70,570	130	0.0
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$61,590	Not published	Not published
3	Pittsburgh, PA	$51,370	130	0.1
4	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$50,660	460	0.2
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$49,530	70	0.1
6	Boulder, CO	$48,700	Not published	Not published
7	Salinas, CA	$48,530	40	0.2
8	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$48,460	30	0.2
9	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$47,310	280	0.2
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$47,050	320	0.2
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$46,960	290	0.2
12	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$46,900	Not published	Not published
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,800	180	0.1
14	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$46,770	50	0.1
15	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$46,770	Not published	Not published
16	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$46,740	30	0.2
17	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$45,680	Not published	Not published
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$45,430	390	0.2
19	Colorado Springs, CO	$44,880	Not published	Not published
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$44,590	930	0.1
21	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$44,280	630	0.6
22	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$43,680	260	0.2
23	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$43,460	Not published	Not published
24	Reno, NV	$41,830	Not published	Not published
25	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$41,250	110	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Building Cleaning Workers, All Other overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.