Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners · SOC 37-2011
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in the Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in the Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $38,980 per year ($18.74 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,710 at the 10th percentile to $47,900 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,060 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in the Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area earn more than $38,980 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,910 and $45,070.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $33,710 | $36,910 | $38,980 | $45,070 | $47,900 |
| Hourly | $16.21 | $17.74 | $18.74 | $21.67 | $23.03 |
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
- Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$38,980 median for Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,910 to $45,070
- Mainestate$38,940 median for Maine; middle half earns $36,300 to $45,600
- United Statesnational$36,840 median for United States; middle half earns $32,240 to $44,060
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs Maine overall and +6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Maine
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan areathis page$38,980 median for Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,910 to $45,070
- $40,460 median for Portland metro area; middle half earns $36,910 to $46,790
- $38,240 median for Lewiston metro area; middle half earns $35,290 to $44,470
- $37,080 median for Bangor metro area; middle half earns $35,570 to $42,460
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleanerss · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area
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.
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.