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Cleaning services by US metro, 2022

The US had 67,295 cleaning services with paid staff in 2022, employing 1,067,762 people at an average of $28,823 a year. 77% have fewer than 10 staff and the average has 15.9 people. New York has the most of the big metros listed here, with 3,872.

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Cleaning services in the biggest US metros

MetroBusinessesEmployeesAvg payUnder 10 staffRank of 387
New York3,87282,815$38,31976%1st
Chicago2,09639,112$31,14580%2nd
Los Angeles2,02543,061$34,81978%3rd
Miami1,85723,665$23,69486%4th
Washington1,68945,666$31,49672%5th
Atlanta1,38412,319$30,42384%6th
Philadelphia1,34826,919$29,61075%7th
Boston1,27321,832$36,96477%8th
Dallas1,15320,507$28,32674%9th
Houston85925,845$25,58272%15th

Each metro page adds the size mix, a calculator for what your team's admin hours cost at local pay, and the jobs cleaning services hand to AI first.

Where these numbers come from

The U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (released 2024), NAICS 561720 (Janitorial services). Businesses with paid employees only. More metros are added as each set is checked. Page checked 2026-11-12.

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