Pay distribution $33,870 10th $37,490 25th $46,480 75th $61,060 90th
Half of Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in the Boston metro area earn more than $39,470 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,490 and $46,480.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $33,870 $37,490 $39,470 $46,480 $61,060 Hourly $16.28 $18.02 $18.98 $22.35 $29.35
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 Boston metro areathis metro area
$39,470 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $37,490 to $46,480
$38,950 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $36,700 to $45,120
$35,510 median for United States; middle half earns $30,350 to $39,590
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs Massachusetts overall and +11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $32,510 $43,180 $53,850 Mayaguez, PR — $21,840 Ponce, PR — $21,840 Aguadilla, PR — $21,910 Arecibo, PR — $22,110 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,950 Hammond, LA — $22,970 Victoria, TX — $23,390 Jackson, MS — $23,610 Enid, OK — $24,180 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $24,280 Monroe, LA — $24,350 Hattiesburg, MS — $24,650 Alexandria, LA — $25,260 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $25,440 Dothan, AL — $25,710 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $25,740 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $25,840 Gadsden, AL — $25,910 Dalton, GA — $26,020 Lake Charles, LA — $26,140 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $26,170 Eagle Pass, TX — $26,220 San Angelo, TX — $26,470 Laredo, TX — $26,480 Texarkana, TX-AR — $26,580 Beckley, WV — $26,670 Columbus, GA-AL — $26,740 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $26,740 El Paso, TX — $26,780 Hinesville, GA — $26,800 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $27,050 Warner Robins, GA — $27,070 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $27,180 Lafayette, LA — $27,210 Valdosta, GA — $27,280 Montgomery, AL — $27,370 Lubbock, TX — $27,490 Longview, TX — $27,550 Baton Rouge, LA — $27,610 Tyler, TX — $27,630 Corpus Christi, TX — $27,720 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $27,720 Sumter, SC — $27,720 Rocky Mount, NC — $27,730 Abilene, TX — $27,780 Tuscaloosa, AL — $27,800 Albany, GA — $27,810 Hot Springs, AR — $27,810 Mobile, AL — $27,810 Wichita Falls, TX — $27,840 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $27,880 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $27,890 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $27,910 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $27,920 Amarillo, TX — $27,930 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,020 Altoona, PA — $28,030 Farmington, NM — $28,040 Goldsboro, NC — $28,070 College Station-Bryan, TX — $28,120 Johnson City, TN — $28,120 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $28,140 Lawton, OK — $28,140 Decatur, AL — $28,150 Casper, WY — $28,210 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $28,310 Owensboro, KY — $28,310 Manhattan, KS — $28,350 Johnstown, PA — $28,390 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $28,410 Wheeling, WV-OH — $28,480 Williamsport, PA — $28,500 Huntsville, AL — $28,530 Erie, PA — $28,560 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $28,560 Cleveland, TN — $28,590 Sherman-Denison, TX — $28,620 Jacksonville, NC — $28,630 Clarksville, TN-KY — $28,640 Muncie, IN — $28,660 Waco, TX — $28,670 Elizabethtown, KY — $28,770 Morristown, TN — $28,770 Tulsa, OK — $28,770 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $28,780 Morgantown, WV — $28,790 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $28,810 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $28,820 Jonesboro, AR — $28,850 Oklahoma City, OK — $28,870 Birmingham, AL — $28,910 Savannah, GA — $28,950 Tallahassee, FL — $28,980 Las Cruces, NM — $29,030 Terre Haute, IN — $29,070 Odessa, TX — $29,100 Mansfield, OH — $29,120 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,170 Rapid City, SD — $29,210 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $29,220 Charleston, WV — $29,280 Bowling Green, KY — $29,290 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $29,310 Jackson, TN — $29,320 Burlington, NC — $29,330 Gettysburg, PA — $29,370 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $29,380 Columbus, IN — $29,400 Killeen-Temple, TX — $29,500 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $29,530 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $29,560 Columbia, SC — $29,590 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $29,620 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $29,690 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $29,700 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $29,730 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $29,740 Jefferson City, MO — $29,740 Midland, TX — $29,780 Gainesville, GA — $29,860 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $29,880 Canton-Massillon, OH — $29,890 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $29,920 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $29,950 Knoxville, TN — $29,990 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $30,010 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $30,020 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $30,040 Lima, OH — $30,060 Fayetteville, NC — $30,120 Wichita, KS — $30,170 Monroe, MI — $30,230 Wilmington, NC — $30,300 Cheyenne, WY — $30,310 Ocala, FL — $30,310 Florence, SC — $30,330 Bay City, MI — $30,360 Homosassa Springs, FL — $30,430 Grand Island, NE — $30,440 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $30,490 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $30,540 Evansville, IN — $30,580 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $30,600 Springfield, MO — $30,630 Asheville, NC — $30,680 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $30,800 Albuquerque, NM — $30,830 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $30,830 Reading, PA — $30,830 Toledo, OH — $30,910 Logan, UT-ID — $31,010 Fort Wayne, IN — $31,040 Spartanburg, SC — $31,040 Sandusky, OH — $31,090 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $31,100 Springfield, OH — $31,110 Saginaw, MI — $31,150 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,200 Paducah, KY-IL — $31,200 Winston-Salem, NC — $31,200 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $31,210 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $31,210 Rome, GA — $31,240 York-Hanover, PA — $31,250 Roanoke, VA — $31,300 Dover, DE — $31,340 Flint, MI — $31,380 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $31,470 Lynchburg, VA — $31,490 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $31,510 Yuma, AZ — $31,600 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $31,630 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $31,630 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $31,670 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $31,680 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $31,790 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $31,890 Punta Gorda, FL — $31,890 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $31,900 Salisbury, MD — $32,010 Iowa City, IA — $32,110 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $32,120 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $32,180 Harrisonburg, VA — $32,230 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $32,240 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $32,240 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $32,250 Jacksonville, FL — $32,260 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $32,260 Sebring, FL — $32,330 Elmira, NY — $32,350 Joplin, MO-KS — $32,360 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $32,570 Idaho Falls, ID — $32,590 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $32,640 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $32,650 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $32,670 Pittsburgh, PA — $32,670 Pocatello, ID — $32,720 State College, PA — $32,740 Akron, OH — $32,760 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $32,760 Port St. Lucie, FL — $32,790 Ames, IA — $32,830 Lincoln, NE — $32,970 Battle Creek, MI — $32,980 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $33,100 Twin Falls, ID — $33,110 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $33,170 Dubuque, IA — $33,180 Cedar Rapids, IA — $33,190 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $33,310 Richmond, VA — $33,470 Lebanon, PA — $33,530 Winchester, VA-WV — $33,530 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $33,580 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $33,590 Columbia, MO — $33,600 Santa Fe, NM — $33,600 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $33,640 Gainesville, FL — $33,680 Columbus, OH — $33,770 Kokomo, IN — $33,780 Tucson, AZ — $33,820 Lawrence, KS — $33,910 Topeka, KS — $33,910 Lancaster, PA — $33,950 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $33,960 Chambersburg, PA — $33,970 Cleveland, OH — $33,970 Bloomington, IN — $33,980 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $33,990 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $34,070 Bloomington, IL — $34,120 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $34,200 Rockford, IL — $34,230 Niles, MI — $34,250 Lexington Park, MD — $34,320 Binghamton, NY — $34,330 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $34,360 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $34,360 St. Cloud, MN — $34,390 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $34,430 Pueblo, CO — $34,450 Kankakee, IL — $34,510 Wausau, WI — $34,580 Mankato, MN — $34,590 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $34,650 Decatur, IL — $34,680 Fond du Lac, WI — $34,680 Lewiston, ID-WA — $34,680 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $34,710 Eau Claire, WI — $34,710 Rochester, NY — $34,710 Flagstaff, AZ — $34,720 Green Bay, WI — $34,790 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,800 Syracuse, NY — $34,840 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $34,890 Kansas City, MO-KS — $34,920 Charlottesville, VA — $34,940 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $34,940 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $35,020 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $35,050 Peoria, IL — $35,060 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,070 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $35,080 Glens Falls, NY — $35,090 St. George, UT — $35,090 Duluth, MN-WI — $35,100 Appleton, WI — $35,110 Minot, ND — $35,130 Boise City, ID — $35,150 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $35,150 Omaha, NE-IA — $35,170 Utica-Rome, NY — $35,170 St. Louis, MO-IL — $35,250 Ann Arbor, MI — $35,270 Greeley, CO — $35,290 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $35,300 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $35,310 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $35,340 Carson City, NV — $35,360 Grand Junction, CO — $35,400 Corvallis, OR — $35,420 Visalia, CA — $35,470 Jackson, MI — $35,490 Bismarck, ND — $35,510 Fargo, ND-MN — $35,530 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $35,550 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $35,590 Greenville, NC — $35,620 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $35,670 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,690 Springfield, IL — $35,690 Ogden, UT — $35,700 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $35,720 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $35,740 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $35,770 Traverse City, MI — $35,770 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,840 Redding, CA — $35,900 Colorado Springs, CO — $35,910 Billings, MT — $35,920 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $35,920 Medford, OR — $35,930 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $35,940 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $35,990 Sheboygan, WI — $35,990 Ithaca, NY — $36,010 Madison, WI — $36,010 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $36,010 Merced, CA — $36,050 Missoula, MT — $36,060 New Haven, CT — $36,060 Great Falls, MT — $36,130 Walla Walla, WA — $36,130 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,160 Albany, OR — $36,250 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $36,250 Bangor, ME — $36,260 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,280 Kenosha, WI — $36,430 Reno, NV — $36,440 Kingston, NY — $36,500 Helena, MT — $36,520 Chico, CA — $36,540 Springfield, MA — $36,590 Pittsfield, MA — $36,600 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,680 Midland, MI — $36,840 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $36,850 Fresno, CA — $36,860 Rochester, MN — $36,860 Grants Pass, OR — $37,000 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $37,060 Bozeman, MT — $37,130 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $37,190 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $37,240 Longview-Kelso, WA — $37,260 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $37,280 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $37,300 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $37,310 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,320 Worcester, MA — $37,350 Yakima, WA — $37,370 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $37,390 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $37,480 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $37,530 Fairbanks-College, AK — $37,540 Anchorage, AK — $37,550 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $37,690 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $37,720 Bend, OR — $37,780 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $37,840 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,880 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $37,920 Salem, OR — $37,920 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $38,020 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $38,360 Modesto, CA — $38,400 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $38,400 Portland-South Portland, ME — $38,440 El Centro, CA — $38,460 Bellingham, WA — $38,480 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $38,600 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $38,730 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $38,730 Barnstable Town, MA — $38,750 Salinas, CA — $38,810 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,900 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $38,920 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $39,000 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $39,200 Vineland, NJ — $39,200 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $39,470 Boulder, CO — $39,950 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $40,080 Yuba City, CA — $40,560 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $40,690 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $42,150 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $42,740 Vallejo, CA — $43,090 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,530 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $44,010 Napa, CA — $44,260 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $44,900 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $46,590 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $48,140 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $48,200 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $53,030 Urban Honolulu, HI — $53,850 Boston 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 Boston metro area has the 17th-highest published median for this occupation among the 392 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 Massachusetts Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for maids and housekeeping cleaners, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boston metro areathis page
$39,470 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $37,490 to $46,480
$38,750 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $37,050 to $44,660
$37,690 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $35,970 to $38,920
$37,350 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $35,630 to $40,230
$36,600 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $35,220 to $39,520
$36,590 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $35,210 to $40,640
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .