House Cleaning Rates in 2025

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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.

Do they get everything done that you want?

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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

DP: I don't need to invest what I pay for a housecleaner. I already have $20M+ and we can live to age 100 without even touching the principal. So yeah, I will let someone else scrub my toilets at both of my homes.

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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

DP. 1. There is more to life than money. 2. Many of us have more money than we need anyway.

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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

DP. 1. There is more to life than money. 2. Many of us have more money than we need anyway.

+1000

And even at UMC or slightly above, one might rightfully choose to budget for every 2 week house cleaning so 2 working parents (or even just 1 and a SAHP) have more quality time with the kids. Perhaps they choose to cook 5-6 nights per week rather than getting takeout or they cut back on something else. Life is about doing what you want, and budgeting accordingly to pay for what you "don't want to do" and hiring that out to someone else.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi,
We just got a quote of $160/biweekly for regular cleaning of our home. The lady said she will be coming on her own, and it will take about 4-5 hours. Our home is a little less than 2000 sq. ft., 3 levels, 2 bedrooms, and 2.5 bathrooms. We also have 2 dogs. Is this a reasonable quote? Should I shop around more to see if I can get a lower quote?

Thank you in advance!

That sounds reasonable. We pay that for a monthly cleaning of a similar size house. No dogs but we do have three messy kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi,
We just got a quote of $160/biweekly for regular cleaning of our home. The lady said she will be coming on her own, and it will take about 4-5 hours. Our home is a little less than 2000 sq. ft., 3 levels, 2 bedrooms, and 2.5 bathrooms. We also have 2 dogs. Is this a reasonable quote? Should I shop around more to see if I can get a lower quote?

Thank you in advance!

That sounds reasonable. We pay that for a monthly cleaning of a similar size house. No dogs but we do have three messy kids.

Does your cleaner stay about 4 hours? So $40 an hour? I'm still blown away by the $75 p/h above.

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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.

That’s a good rate. It feels better to pay a decent wage than to pay a meager wage knowing how little you can buy at the grocery store for $20.

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We pay $235 for a 2000 sqft house in NW. I raise the amount every year to adjust for inflation and give a $500 cash bonus for Christmas.

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Anonymous wrote:We pay $235 for a 2000 sqft house in NW. I raise the amount every year to adjust for inflation and give a $500 cash bonus for Christmas.

You gotta tell us how many people and hours so that we can do the apples to apples here.

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Anonymous wrote:You're all cheap as hell.

STFU. We prioritize value. I will always find the best price. You can waste your money. Everything is overpriced.