Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Overview

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a national median salary of $35,510 per year, with +0.6% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists no formal educational credential as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.

Work Values

• Relationships
• Support
• Independence

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.
• Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.
• Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.
• Disinfect equipment and supplies, using germicides or steam-operated sterilizers.
• Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.

Work Activities

• Performing General Physical Activities
• Assisting and Caring for Others
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
• Getting Information
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Detailed Work Activities

• Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
• Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists no formal educational credential as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a bachelor's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Bachelor's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for no formal educational credential.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners:

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