House Cleaning Rate Per Hour
Just wondering what people generally are paying per hour for a house cleaner? I am currently paying around $33/hour and three hours so $100 which at some level feels a bit over the top. But perhaps this is right in the range. Any insight into rates for decent cleaning? Our keeper is really good and…
Just wondering what people generally are paying per hour for a house cleaner?
I am currently paying around $33/hour and three hours so $100 which at some level feels a bit over the top.
But perhaps this is right in the range. Any insight into rates for decent cleaning? Our keeper is really good and certainly quite efficient!
I guess it depends on workload. But in Seattle house cleaning we usually take 35$ per hour, quality is guaranteed.
$80 cash for 4 hours every 2 weeks.
she’s pretty good but i wouldn’t pay anymore.
33 dollars an hour seems a bit high, 25 sounds nice. Cleaning -good cleaning- is hard and undervalued work and I don’t think you can compare the wages to paralegal’s salary.
i pay mine $20/hr, 5hrs for first floor only (1 BR, small study, living room, kitchen, 1 bath), every 2 weeks. worth every penny. we are slobs.
@ firstmediation
I have to disagree with you. I think most people who have a cleaning person come in is because that have no time to do the majority of the cleaning themselves. In my home there are two fulltime working adults and a teen starting HS. I have no time or energy to clean a 4 bed home, cook several times a week, do laundry, and spend time with my family after working 40 hours a week.
@ Rob
50 bucks an hour?! Come on Rob you sound crazy!
i pay $70 for about 6 hrs. per week.
the cleaning is above average, but she’s not particularly reliable. she used to work for a service.
I’ve paid more in the past but it always seems about the same. the more expensive ones dont work harder; they just ask for more money.
What a series of posts! Actually, it seems to me that the reason some people hire cleaners is because they don’t want to do the work themselves and they choose to rely on someone to do it for them. I have had bad cleaners who didn’t vacuum under the sofa and good cleaners who spend 6 or 7 hours every two weeks cleaning my house. Whether it is worth what I pay is a personal decision. In my experience it was always easier to find a decent babysitter than a decent cleaner and thus the good cleaner always earned more per hour! Perhaps a crazy thing, but just true.
I paid my lovely cleaning lady $70 for 3 hours of thorough cleaning, including mopping all floors in a brownstone duplex. $33 / hour is very high, unless the job is particularly difficult.
As with everything, you get what you pay for. Sure, you could pay $10/hr, and you’ll get the kind of quality work you’d expect for that much. I have a fantastic woman I found via a friend, and she comes once a month, like clockwork, on time. Totals out to about $25/hr, and I’ve never seen anyone clean like her. She’s better than my own mother, and I have one hell of an anal-retentive, constantly-cleaning mother. Her cleaning “lasts” 3 weeks with minor touch-ups. Worth every friggin’ cent.