House Cleaning Rates in 2025

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Anonymous wrote:If you are too lazy to clean your toilets, then you are too lazy to produce healthy meals.

You don't do logic so good, do you?

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Anonymous wrote:You're all cheap as hell.

I pay what the cleaner asked me to pay. $40 an hour is actually a very decent wage. It takes virtually no skill to do the job.

Feel free to make your cleaner the beneficiary of your 401K and life insurance for all I care.

You're not only kinda disgusting for saying this, but you're also wrong. Some cleaners are much better than others.

I stopped cleaning my house during COVID and never went back to the weekly cleaning ladies.

It’s not a hard skill to learn and if I have questions on how to clean something I watch a YouTube video.

There’s a reason why most cleaning ladies are Hispanic immigrants who have little command of the English language.

I am an executive. I haven’t cleaned my own house since I started working. Why would I take the time to do that?

We both have been “executives” and have always cleaned our home. Taught the kids how to do it also. I cut my grass and do landscaping. Oh…and the pool maintenance also. Never thought doing your own work was beneath us. We are much older now, going to downsize soon and will continue the cleaning as long as it’s safe to do so. Lazy a$$ most of you!

Why are they "lazy"? If you can afford to hire someone, why not? Sure I can clean my own house, but why? I enjoy not cleaning bathrooms and am helping to employ others---my cleaners are well compensated. Paying for it is such a small part of our monthly expenses.

You may be employing others, keeping them happy, etc but you are still lazy. Just admit it and move on. It’s ok

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now I feel like I’m overpaying. Everyone is quoting some really low rates here. I lay $240 for monthly cleaning in a similar size home to the OP.

We pay $280 for 5300 sq ft. biweekly...you might be overpaying.

How many cleaners and how long are they at the house? That seems ridiculously low, especially if there are 4+ bathrooms (as most 5K+ homes have)
I have a 4K sq ft, 5 bedroom 3.5 bath and it takes 2 cleaners (same each time) ~3-3.5 hours to clean biweekly. So that is ~$35-40/hour rate. Given that Minimum wage in my area is ~$17-20, I highly doubt the cleaning service is accepting only $35/hour when they have to pay FICA and healthcare, etc and pay the workers $20+.

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Anonymous wrote:Now I feel like I’m overpaying. Everyone is quoting some really low rates here. I lay $240 for monthly cleaning in a similar size home to the OP.

We pay $280 for 5300 sq ft. biweekly...you might be overpaying.

How many cleaners and how long are they at the house? That seems ridiculously low, especially if there are 4+ bathrooms (as most 5K+ homes have)
I have a 4K sq ft, 5 bedroom 3.5 bath and it takes 2 cleaners (same each time) ~3-3.5 hours to clean biweekly. So that is ~$35-40/hour rate. Given that Minimum wage in my area is ~$17-20, I highly doubt the cleaning service is accepting only $35/hour when they have to pay FICA and healthcare, etc and pay the workers $20+.

Now you understand why this area is full of people who support open borders that exploit immigrant labor : ) When people show you who they are, listen

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Anonymous wrote:You're all cheap as hell.

I pay what the cleaner asked me to pay. $40 an hour is actually a very decent wage. It takes virtually no skill to do the job.

Feel free to make your cleaner the beneficiary of your 401K and life insurance for all I care.

You're not only kinda disgusting for saying this, but you're also wrong. Some cleaners are much better than others.

I stopped cleaning my house during COVID and never went back to the weekly cleaning ladies.

It’s not a hard skill to learn and if I have questions on how to clean something I watch a YouTube video.

There’s a reason why most cleaning ladies are Hispanic immigrants who have little command of the English language.

I am an executive. I haven’t cleaned my own house since I started working. Why would I take the time to do that?

We both have been “executives” and have always cleaned our home. Taught the kids how to do it also. I cut my grass and do landscaping. Oh…and the pool maintenance also. Never thought doing your own work was beneath us. We are much older now, going to downsize soon and will continue the cleaning as long as it’s safe to do so. Lazy a$$ most of you!

So you worked 60-75 and cleaned your own home? Cooked your food and mowed your lawn too? If so you have no social life, don’t exercise and don’t volunteer

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Anonymous wrote:Now I feel like I’m overpaying. Everyone is quoting some really low rates here. I lay $240 for monthly cleaning in a similar size home to the OP.

Don’t feel bad. We were paying that in the early aughts.

This thread is full of retirees / empty nesters with grandfathered rates. Bet the cleanings suck but Grandma and Grandpa can’t see or smell well so it doesn’t matter.

There’s no such thing as a grandfathered rate, what a dumb comment. The rates should go up with the cost of living every year and if you can’t keep up you need to clean the house yourself.

If people are happy with their service they aren’t overpaying. There are more posters that seem to be underpaying trying to justify it by saying it’s a simple job.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're all cheap as hell.

I pay what the cleaner asked me to pay. $40 an hour is actually a very decent wage. It takes virtually no skill to do the job.

Feel free to make your cleaner the beneficiary of your 401K and life insurance for all I care.

You're not only kinda disgusting for saying this, but you're also wrong. Some cleaners are much better than others.

I stopped cleaning my house during COVID and never went back to the weekly cleaning ladies.

It’s not a hard skill to learn and if I have questions on how to clean something I watch a YouTube video.

There’s a reason why most cleaning ladies are Hispanic immigrants who have little command of the English language.

I am an executive. I haven’t cleaned my own house since I started working. Why would I take the time to do that?

We both have been “executives” and have always cleaned our home. Taught the kids how to do it also. I cut my grass and do landscaping. Oh…and the pool maintenance also. Never thought doing your own work was beneath us. We are much older now, going to downsize soon and will continue the cleaning as long as it’s safe to do so. Lazy a$$ most of you!

Why are they "lazy"? If you can afford to hire someone, why not? Sure I can clean my own house, but why? I enjoy not cleaning bathrooms and am helping to employ others---my cleaners are well compensated. Paying for it is such a small part of our monthly expenses.

You may be employing others, keeping them happy, etc but you are still lazy. Just admit it and move on. It’s ok

So I'm guessing you repair your own vehicles, put a new roof on your own house, paint the 3 story house, etc, because you don't want to be lazy? Right?

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Anonymous wrote:Now I feel like I’m overpaying. Everyone is quoting some really low rates here. I lay $240 for monthly cleaning in a similar size home to the OP.

We pay $280 for 5300 sq ft. biweekly...you might be overpaying.

How many cleaners and how long are they at the house? That seems ridiculously low, especially if there are 4+ bathrooms (as most 5K+ homes have)
I have a 4K sq ft, 5 bedroom 3.5 bath and it takes 2 cleaners (same each time) ~3-3.5 hours to clean biweekly. So that is ~$35-40/hour rate. Given that Minimum wage in my area is ~$17-20, I highly doubt the cleaning service is accepting only $35/hour when they have to pay FICA and healthcare, etc and pay the workers $20+.

Now you understand why this area is full of people who support open borders that exploit immigrant labor : ) When people show you who they are, listen

PP paying $280 here and there are usually two folks here for 3 hours so that is six hours total. It's a privately owned service, not a big company, and we actually offered an increase last year from $250/cleaning because they hadn't raised rates in a few years. We aren't exploiting anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Now I feel like I’m overpaying. Everyone is quoting some really low rates here. I lay $240 for monthly cleaning in a similar size home to the OP.

We pay $280 for 5300 sq ft. biweekly...you might be overpaying.

How many cleaners and how long are they at the house? That seems ridiculously low, especially if there are 4+ bathrooms (as most 5K+ homes have)
I have a 4K sq ft, 5 bedroom 3.5 bath and it takes 2 cleaners (same each time) ~3-3.5 hours to clean biweekly. So that is ~$35-40/hour rate. Given that Minimum wage in my area is ~$17-20, I highly doubt the cleaning service is accepting only $35/hour when they have to pay FICA and healthcare, etc and pay the workers $20+.

Now you understand why this area is full of people who support open borders that exploit immigrant labor : ) When people show you who they are, listen

PP paying $280 here and there are usually two folks here for 3 hours so that is six hours total. It's a privately owned service, not a big company, and we actually offered an increase last year from $250/cleaning because they hadn't raised rates in a few years. We aren't exploiting anyone.

That's just under 50 and seems reasonable and probably will keep your cleaners happy and trying to do a good job. My cleaner wanted $75 an hour but that's because she's fast and sloppy and and wants the same amount for less time. I suspect a lot of people on here are actually paying more than they think per hour with all the stories about cleaners leaving early, spending time on the phone in their car, etc.

[Anonymous]

3000 square ft. House - two adults, one cat. No kids or dogs. She charges $250 for a once/month cleaning with two ladies. I recently started giving her $275 due to inflation as she hasn’t raised her rates since she started here in 2020.

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Anonymous wrote:Now I feel like I’m overpaying. Everyone is quoting some really low rates here. I lay $240 for monthly cleaning in a similar size home to the OP.

We pay $280 for 5300 sq ft. biweekly...you might be overpaying.

How many cleaners and how long are they at the house? That seems ridiculously low, especially if there are 4+ bathrooms (as most 5K+ homes have)
I have a 4K sq ft, 5 bedroom 3.5 bath and it takes 2 cleaners (same each time) ~3-3.5 hours to clean biweekly. So that is ~$35-40/hour rate. Given that Minimum wage in my area is ~$17-20, I highly doubt the cleaning service is accepting only $35/hour when they have to pay FICA and healthcare, etc and pay the workers $20+.

Now you understand why this area is full of people who support open borders that exploit immigrant labor : ) When people show you who they are, listen

PP paying $280 here and there are usually two folks here for 3 hours so that is six hours total. It's a privately owned service, not a big company, and we actually offered an increase last year from $250/cleaning because they hadn't raised rates in a few years. We aren't exploiting anyone.

I’m the PP you quoted - you aren’t the exploitive posters I was referring to - I was agreeing with you because you actually pay a fair wage and understand the math

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I pay $40 per hr and round up, and also pay for days I'm out of town. This is affordable for me, and in my own self interest


Why? It's the price she quoted.. She's setting aside one morning a week for me. She's careful, a decent cleaner. and I'm comfortable with her in my home... a young mother in my community working around family members being able to do childcare. If she takes a full time job when her children go to school , I'm hoping she will recommend a friend.

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Anonymous wrote:Now I feel like I’m overpaying. Everyone is quoting some really low rates here. I lay $240 for monthly cleaning in a similar size home to the OP.

We pay $280 for 5300 sq ft. biweekly...you might be overpaying.

How many cleaners and how long are they at the house? That seems ridiculously low, especially if there are 4+ bathrooms (as most 5K+ homes have)
I have a 4K sq ft, 5 bedroom 3.5 bath and it takes 2 cleaners (same each time) ~3-3.5 hours to clean biweekly. So that is ~$35-40/hour rate. Given that Minimum wage in my area is ~$17-20, I highly doubt the cleaning service is accepting only $35/hour when they have to pay FICA and healthcare, etc and pay the workers $20+.

Now you understand why this area is full of people who support open borders that exploit immigrant labor : ) When people show you who they are, listen

PP paying $280 here and there are usually two folks here for 3 hours so that is six hours total. It's a privately owned service, not a big company, and we actually offered an increase last year from $250/cleaning because they hadn't raised rates in a few years. We aren't exploiting anyone.

I’m the PP you quoted - you aren’t the exploitive posters I was referring to - I was agreeing with you because you actually pay a fair wage and understand the math

DP here. I pay $180 for two ladies/two hours, so $45/hour each (they don’t work for a service) and I feel absolutely fine about that. They come every two weeks.

[Anonymous]

$120 every two weeks for 1000 sq ft. Just had new (3700 sq ft) house deep cleaned, which she did for $450. Hoping to pay $200-$250 for cleanings going forward. We’ll see.

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Anonymous wrote:You're all cheap as hell.

I pay what the cleaner asked me to pay. $40 an hour is actually a very decent wage. It takes virtually no skill to do the job.

Feel free to make your cleaner the beneficiary of your 401K and life insurance for all I care.

You're not only kinda disgusting for saying this, but you're also wrong. Some cleaners are much better than others.

I stopped cleaning my house during COVID and never went back to the weekly cleaning ladies.

It’s not a hard skill to learn and if I have questions on how to clean something I watch a YouTube video.

There’s a reason why most cleaning ladies are Hispanic immigrants who have little command of the English language.

I am an executive. I haven’t cleaned my own house since I started working. Why would I take the time to do that?

We both have been “executives” and have always cleaned our home. Taught the kids how to do it also. I cut my grass and do landscaping. Oh…and the pool maintenance also. Never thought doing your own work was beneath us. We are much older now, going to downsize soon and will continue the cleaning as long as it’s safe to do so. Lazy a$$ most of you!

+1. There is a street correlation between people who don't clean their own houses and their level of physical activity. These people also don't exercise and when they need to enjoy their money when they retire they instead spend a lot of time between doctor appointments.

There is a whole lot of made up crap in those couple of sentences you managed to put together. Having cleaners come and do the heavy lifting every 2-3 weeks does not equal not cleaning your house. I get more exercise BECAUSE I dont have to scrub toilets and tubs. I have more time to cook healthy meals and do the things I actually enjoy. But you can tell yourself whatever you want if it makes you feel better. Just know that it's a load of crap.

How much would you make per year if you invested that money instead? just curious