Pay distribution $38,520 10th $39,990 25th $48,250 75th $58,230 90th
Half of Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $44,350 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,990 and $48,250.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $38,520 $39,990 $44,350 $48,250 $58,230 Hourly $18.52 $19.23 $21.32 $23.20 $27.99
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Francisco metro areathis metro area
$44,350 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $39,990 to $48,250
$37,920 median for California; middle half earns $36,190 to $44,790
$35,830 median for United States; middle half earns $30,420 to $41,040
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +17% vs California overall and +24% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $31,333 $40,827 $50,320 Aguadilla, PR — $21,840 Arecibo, PR — $21,840 Mayaguez, PR — $21,840 Ponce, PR — $21,840 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,120 Laredo, TX — $25,350 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $25,720 Hammond, LA — $25,770 San Angelo, TX — $26,060 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $26,420 Alexandria, LA — $26,530 Texarkana, TX-AR — $26,550 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $26,650 Lafayette, LA — $26,870 Monroe, LA — $27,030 Lubbock, TX — $27,040 El Paso, TX — $27,090 Corpus Christi, TX — $27,130 Burlington, NC — $27,140 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $27,240 Abilene, TX — $27,260 Mobile, AL — $27,300 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $27,430 Killeen-Temple, TX — $27,440 Victoria, TX — $27,440 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $27,460 Lawton, OK — $27,530 Lake Charles, LA — $27,580 Hattiesburg, MS — $27,650 Amarillo, TX — $27,670 Huntsville, AL — $27,680 Morristown, TN — $27,700 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $27,750 Midland, MI — $27,830 Rocky Mount, NC — $27,840 Cleveland, TN — $27,870 Jacksonville, NC — $27,890 Baton Rouge, LA — $28,000 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $28,050 Waco, TX — $28,070 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $28,080 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $28,120 Muncie, IN — $28,340 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,350 Bay City, MI — $28,440 Jackson, MS — $28,450 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $28,560 College Station-Bryan, TX — $28,610 Montgomery, AL — $28,750 Johnson City, TN — $28,830 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $28,840 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $28,860 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $28,880 Albany, GA — $28,950 Beckley, WV — $28,980 Columbus, GA-AL — $29,000 Tyler, TX — $29,090 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $29,120 Elizabethtown, KY — $29,130 Flint, MI — $29,150 Birmingham, AL — $29,180 Florence, SC — $29,190 Las Cruces, NM — $29,230 Savannah, GA — $29,240 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $29,250 Columbus, IN — $29,350 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $29,430 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,460 Charleston, WV — $29,550 Winston-Salem, NC — $29,580 Wichita Falls, TX — $29,620 Farmington, NM — $29,640 Hinesville, GA — $29,650 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $29,650 Morgantown, WV — $29,650 Valdosta, GA — $29,650 Hot Springs, AR — $29,660 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $29,660 Greenville, NC — $29,690 Dalton, GA — $29,760 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $29,780 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $29,780 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $29,880 Monroe, MI — $29,920 Sebring, FL — $29,920 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $29,950 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $30,020 Saginaw, MI — $30,060 Tallahassee, FL — $30,110 Johnstown, PA — $30,140 Kokomo, IN — $30,140 Terre Haute, IN — $30,160 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $30,220 Richmond, VA — $30,380 Homosassa Springs, FL — $30,430 Oklahoma City, OK — $30,510 Tuscaloosa, AL — $30,600 Longview, TX — $30,610 Mansfield, OH — $30,640 Ocala, FL — $30,650 Evansville, IN — $30,700 Wheeling, WV-OH — $30,700 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $30,710 Manhattan, KS — $30,720 Clarksville, TN-KY — $30,810 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $30,850 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $30,880 Williamsport, PA — $30,960 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $31,020 St. George, UT — $31,060 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $31,060 Roanoke, VA — $31,160 Tulsa, OK — $31,190 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $31,200 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $31,200 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $31,200 Fayetteville, NC — $31,230 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $31,260 Bowling Green, KY — $31,270 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $31,270 Fond du Lac, WI — $31,270 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $31,350 Odessa, TX — $31,390 Jefferson City, MO — $31,540 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $31,690 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $31,720 Dothan, AL — $31,770 Port St. Lucie, FL — $31,770 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $31,770 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $31,900 Wilmington, NC — $31,950 Casper, WY — $31,980 Gainesville, GA — $31,980 Toledo, OH — $31,980 Bloomington, IL — $32,050 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $32,220 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $32,290 Albuquerque, NM — $32,430 Joplin, MO-KS — $32,600 Ann Arbor, MI — $32,610 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $32,680 Pittsburgh, PA — $32,690 Yuma, AZ — $32,750 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $32,780 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $32,820 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $32,830 Peoria, IL — $32,830 Jackson, MI — $32,950 Reading, PA — $33,010 Columbia, MO — $33,030 Akron, OH — $33,090 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $33,090 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $33,090 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $33,190 Springfield, OH — $33,210 Battle Creek, MI — $33,280 Paducah, KY-IL — $33,290 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $33,350 Rome, GA — $33,350 Tucson, AZ — $33,360 Erie, PA — $33,370 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $33,400 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $33,420 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $33,470 Jacksonville, FL — $33,500 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $33,530 Niles, MI — $33,590 Springfield, MO — $33,640 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $33,700 Knoxville, TN — $33,890 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $33,920 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $33,930 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $33,970 Kankakee, IL — $33,970 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $33,990 Ogden, UT — $34,060 Fort Wayne, IN — $34,070 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $34,070 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $34,090 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $34,100 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $34,120 Idaho Falls, ID — $34,150 Santa Fe, NM — $34,190 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $34,200 Chambersburg, PA — $34,200 Charlottesville, VA — $34,230 State College, PA — $34,230 Harrisonburg, VA — $34,240 Lincoln, NE — $34,310 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $34,310 Winchester, VA-WV — $34,340 Columbia, SC — $34,380 Canton-Massillon, OH — $34,400 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $34,410 Owensboro, KY — $34,430 Goldsboro, NC — $34,470 Altoona, PA — $34,480 Rockford, IL — $34,480 Corvallis, OR — $34,490 Lancaster, PA — $34,510 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $34,510 Asheville, NC — $34,540 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,540 Dover, DE — $34,540 Jackson, TN — $34,560 Lynchburg, VA — $34,620 Salisbury, MD — $34,620 Lima, OH — $34,710 New Haven, CT — $34,720 Gainesville, FL — $34,770 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $34,780 Spartanburg, SC — $34,840 Rapid City, SD — $34,890 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $34,910 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,920 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $34,990 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $34,990 Eau Claire, WI — $35,000 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $35,020 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $35,040 Traverse City, MI — $35,060 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $35,060 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $35,080 Lexington Park, MD — $35,100 Midland, TX — $35,140 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $35,150 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $35,160 Syracuse, NY — $35,170 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $35,190 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $35,200 Rochester, NY — $35,210 St. Louis, MO-IL — $35,220 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $35,230 Sherman-Denison, TX — $35,260 Punta Gorda, FL — $35,280 Binghamton, NY — $35,300 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $35,310 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $35,320 Wichita, KS — $35,340 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $35,350 Twin Falls, ID — $35,360 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $35,380 Visalia, CA — $35,440 Appleton, WI — $35,460 Duluth, MN-WI — $35,460 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $35,460 Lewiston, ID-WA — $35,470 Kansas City, MO-KS — $35,480 Bangor, ME — $35,500 Cleveland, OH — $35,500 Utica-Rome, NY — $35,530 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $35,580 Walla Walla, WA — $35,590 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $35,620 Great Falls, MT — $35,630 Cedar Rapids, IA — $35,650 Wausau, WI — $35,660 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $35,680 Billings, MT — $35,690 Ithaca, NY — $35,690 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $35,690 Columbus, OH — $35,750 Green Bay, WI — $35,750 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $35,760 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $35,780 Boise City, ID — $35,780 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $35,800 Redding, CA — $35,840 Chico, CA — $35,860 Elmira, NY — $35,860 Missoula, MT — $35,900 Omaha, NE-IA — $35,920 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $35,940 Topeka, KS — $35,940 Madison, WI — $35,950 Cheyenne, WY — $35,960 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $36,050 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,050 Dubuque, IA — $36,080 Gadsden, AL — $36,100 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $36,130 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $36,140 Kenosha, WI — $36,150 Lebanon, PA — $36,150 Helena, MT — $36,160 Reno, NV — $36,160 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $36,180 Sandusky, OH — $36,180 Mankato, MN — $36,200 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $36,230 Iowa City, IA — $36,240 Colorado Springs, CO — $36,250 Grants Pass, OR — $36,260 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $36,270 El Centro, CA — $36,310 Ames, IA — $36,390 Pocatello, ID — $36,400 Lawrence, KS — $36,420 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $36,420 St. Cloud, MN — $36,460 Minot, ND — $36,490 Springfield, IL — $36,490 Fresno, CA — $36,500 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $36,510 Glens Falls, NY — $36,510 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,530 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,580 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $36,580 Springfield, MA — $36,590 Pueblo, CO — $36,660 York-Hanover, PA — $36,660 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $36,680 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $36,700 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $36,730 Worcester, MA — $36,730 Yakima, WA — $36,730 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $36,760 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $36,770 Yuba City, CA — $36,780 Carson City, NV — $36,820 Rochester, MN — $36,860 Jonesboro, AR — $36,890 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $36,900 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $36,910 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $36,920 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $36,980 Logan, UT-ID — $36,990 Kingston, NY — $37,070 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $37,120 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $37,140 Sheboygan, WI — $37,140 Vineland, NJ — $37,310 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $37,360 Salem, OR — $37,400 Albany, OR — $37,440 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $37,440 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $37,440 Fargo, ND-MN — $37,460 Modesto, CA — $37,480 Grand Junction, CO — $37,500 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,540 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $37,650 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $37,650 Decatur, AL — $37,680 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $37,700 Flagstaff, AZ — $37,770 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $37,780 Bend, OR — $37,900 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $37,910 Portland-South Portland, ME — $37,970 Urban Honolulu, HI — $38,030 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $38,130 Bismarck, ND — $38,170 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $38,330 Bloomington, IN — $38,370 Napa, CA — $38,480 Vallejo, CA — $38,590 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $38,620 Barnstable Town, MA — $38,790 Salinas, CA — $38,830 Merced, CA — $38,860 Medford, OR — $38,890 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $38,950 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $38,990 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $39,200 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $39,220 Pittsfield, MA — $39,270 Warner Robins, GA — $39,310 Enid, OK — $39,320 Sumter, SC — $39,500 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $39,590 Bellingham, WA — $39,720 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $39,960 Anchorage, AK — $40,210 Gettysburg, PA — $40,230 Bozeman, MT — $40,480 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $40,840 Fairbanks-College, AK — $41,000 Boulder, CO — $41,250 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $41,540 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $41,600 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $42,750 Greeley, CO — $42,920 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $43,680 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $44,350 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $44,440 Longview-Kelso, WA — $47,350 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $49,140 Decatur, IL — $49,370 Grand Island, NE — $50,320 San Francisco metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Francisco metro area has the 6th-highest published median for this occupation among the 390 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cleaners of vehicles and equipment, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Francisco metro areathis page
$44,350 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $39,990 to $48,250
$43,680 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $39,910 to $45,990
$39,590 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $37,090 to $46,380
$38,860 median for Merced metro area; middle half earns $35,800 to $43,040
$38,830 median for Salinas metro area; middle half earns $37,000 to $42,720
$38,590 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $37,290 to $45,520
$38,480 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $36,030 to $45,790
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand $48,400 Stockers and Order Fillers $45,130 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers $66,450 Light Truck Drivers $50,820 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators $59,240 First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors $73,950 Highest-paying metro areas for cleaners of vehicles and equipments · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .