DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
37-2012 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Occupational 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.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Southwest Minnesota | 1,290 | 135 | $13.10/hr | $0.33/hr | $10.29/hr | $10.94/hr | $12.27/hr | $14.67/hr | $17.69/hr |
| Minnesota | 17,120 | 993 | $14.28/hr | $0.21/hr | $10.83/hr | $11.78/hr | $13.60/hr | $16.20/hr | $19.24/hr |
| U S | 926,960 | 7,416 | $13.12/hr | $0.04/hr | $9.14/hr | $10.42/hr | $12.16/hr | $14.72/hr | $18.55/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change 2022 - 2032 | |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | 560 | $14.84/hr | -5.2% |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 150 | $10.89/hr | N/A |
| Bakers | 140 | $12.80/hr | 4.2% |
| Dishwashers | N/A | $10.50/hr | 0.5% |
| Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Cooks, Fast Food | N/A | $11.60/hr | 7.5% |
Tasks for Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- Cleans rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, and locker rooms and other work areas.
- Cleans rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies, using vacuum cleaner.
- Dusts furniture and equipment.
- Empties wastebaskets, and empties and cleans ashtrays.
- Collects soiled linens for laundering, and receives and stores linen supplies in linen closet.
- Washes walls, ceiling, and woodwork.
- Polishes metalwork, such as fixtures and fittings.
- Prepares sample rooms for sales meetings.
- Cleans and removes debris from driveway and garage areas.
- Arranges decorations, apparatus, or furniture for banquets and social functions.
- Replaces light bulbs.
- Washes beds and mattresses, and remakes beds after dismissal of hospital patients.
- Moves and arranges furniture, turns mattresses, hangs draperies, dusts venetian blinds, and polishes metalwork to ready hotel facilities for occupancy.
- Replenishes supplies, such as drinking glasses, writing supplies, and bathroom items.
- Transports trash and waste to disposal area.
- Cleans swimming pool with vacuum.
- Delivers television sets, ironing boards, baby cribs, and rollaway beds to guests rooms.
- Washes windows, door panels, and sills.
- Sweeps, scrubs, waxes, and polishes floors, using brooms and mops and powered scrubbing and waxing machines.
