House Cleaning Cost in New York

Cost for a typical home in New York-Newark-Jersey City

New York-Newark-Jersey City sits in the New York cleaning market. Every price on this page starts from the May 2025 BLS wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners in this place, then adds the supplies, overhead and profit starting points described on the methodology page.

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ the May 2025 median wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners is $21.16 an hour. The 25th percentile is $18.03, the mean is $24.25, the 75th percentile is $27.01 and the 90th percentile is $39.68. About 40,030 people worked in this occupation. There were 4.22 of these jobs per 1,000 jobs, and the location quotient was 0.76. A location quotient above 1 means the occupation is a larger share of local employment than it is nationally.

At the 25th percentile wage of $18.03 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, seven hours on a job pays $126.21 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $631.05. The customer price is higher than the wage because the cleaning business also pays employer payroll taxes, covers supplies and overhead, and keeps a margin. Change the wage in the calculator if the crew in New York-Newark-Jersey City is paid a different rate than $18.03.

At the median wage of $21.16 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, seven hours on a job pays $148.12 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $740.60. The customer price is higher than the wage because the cleaning business also pays employer payroll taxes, covers supplies and overhead, and keeps a margin. Change the wage in the calculator if the crew in New York-Newark-Jersey City is paid a different rate than $21.16.

At the mean wage of $24.25 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, seven hours on a job pays $169.75 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $848.75. The customer price is higher than the wage because the cleaning business also pays employer payroll taxes, covers supplies and overhead, and keeps a margin. Change the wage in the calculator if the crew in New York-Newark-Jersey City is paid a different rate than $24.25.

At the 75th percentile wage of $27.01 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, seven hours on a job pays $189.07 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $945.35. The customer price is higher than the wage because the cleaning business also pays employer payroll taxes, covers supplies and overhead, and keeps a margin. Change the wage in the calculator if the crew in New York-Newark-Jersey City is paid a different rate than $27.01.

At the 90th percentile wage of $39.68 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, seven hours on a job pays $277.76 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $1,388.80. The customer price is higher than the wage because the cleaning business also pays employer payroll taxes, covers supplies and overhead, and keeps a margin. Change the wage in the calculator if the crew in New York-Newark-Jersey City is paid a different rate than $39.68.

Worked example for New York-Newark-Jersey City: a Standard clean of a 2BR / 1BA home takes 3.00 labor hours in the shared pricing engine. The low price, using the 25th-percentile wage and the lower overhead and margin band, is $97. The midpoint, using the median wage, is $123. The high price, using the 75th-percentile wage and the higher band, is $176. Per labor hour that midpoint is about $41.00. Those three figures are what a customer can expect to pay for that home in New York-Newark-Jersey City, before any sales tax the state charges on cleaning.

Worked example for New York-Newark-Jersey City: a Deep clean of a 2BR / 1BA home takes 4.75 labor hours in the shared pricing engine. The low price, using the 25th-percentile wage and the lower overhead and margin band, is $145. The midpoint, using the median wage, is $186. The high price, using the 75th-percentile wage and the higher band, is $269. Per labor hour that midpoint is about $39.16. Those three figures are what a customer can expect to pay for that home in New York-Newark-Jersey City, before any sales tax the state charges on cleaning.

Worked example for New York-Newark-Jersey City: a Standard clean of a 3BR / 2BA home takes 4.00 labor hours in the shared pricing engine. The low price, using the 25th-percentile wage and the lower overhead and margin band, is $124. The midpoint, using the median wage, is $159. The high price, using the 75th-percentile wage and the higher band, is $229. Per labor hour that midpoint is about $39.75. Those three figures are what a customer can expect to pay for that home in New York-Newark-Jersey City, before any sales tax the state charges on cleaning.

Worked example for New York-Newark-Jersey City: a Deep clean of a 3BR / 2BA home takes 6.50 labor hours in the shared pricing engine. The low price, using the 25th-percentile wage and the lower overhead and margin band, is $193. The midpoint, using the median wage, is $249. The high price, using the 75th-percentile wage and the higher band, is $362. Per labor hour that midpoint is about $38.31. Those three figures are what a customer can expect to pay for that home in New York-Newark-Jersey City, before any sales tax the state charges on cleaning.

New York-Newark-Jersey City ranks 1 of 13 New York metro areas by the May 2025 median wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners. New York-Newark-Jersey City is the highest at $21.16 an hour. Elmira is the lowest at $15.55. The gap between those two metros is $5.61 an hour, and New York-Newark-Jersey City itself is $21.16.

The metro just below New York-Newark-Jersey City is Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, at $17.63 an hour, $3.53 under New York-Newark-Jersey City. Employment there is 1,130 maids and housekeeping cleaners, against 40,030 in New York-Newark-Jersey City.

Ranked by how many people work as maids and housekeeping cleaners, New York-Newark-Jersey City is number 1 in New York. New York-Newark-Jersey City has the largest count, 40,030. The location quotient in New York-Newark-Jersey City is 0.76, which compares this occupation's local share of jobs with its national share.

Minimum wage and sales tax still depend on New York and, in a few cities, on a local ordinance. The cost-per-hour calculator applies the state floor and the sales-tax rule for cleaning. Cleaner employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City should be read next to the other metro areas on the New York page. A metro whose wages and job counts sit very close to the middle of the state stays out of the search index.

Median household income (Census ACS): $99,155.

Median home value (Census ACS): $614,200.

Median rooms per home (Census ACS): 4.7.

Owner-occupied homes (Census ACS): 51.5%.

Questions about cleaning prices in New York-Newark-Jersey City

What does a Standard clean of a 2BR / 1BA home cost in New York-Newark-Jersey City? The engine uses 3.00 labor hours. The low price is $97, the midpoint is $123 and the high price is $176. Dividing the midpoint by those hours is about $41.00 per labor hour in New York-Newark-Jersey City, before sales tax.

What does a Deep clean of a 2BR / 1BA home cost in New York-Newark-Jersey City? The engine uses 4.75 labor hours. The low price is $145, the midpoint is $186 and the high price is $269. Dividing the midpoint by those hours is about $39.16 per labor hour in New York-Newark-Jersey City, before sales tax.

What does a Standard clean of a 3BR / 2BA home cost in New York-Newark-Jersey City? The engine uses 4.00 labor hours. The low price is $124, the midpoint is $159 and the high price is $229. Dividing the midpoint by those hours is about $39.75 per labor hour in New York-Newark-Jersey City, before sales tax.

What does a Deep clean of a 3BR / 2BA home cost in New York-Newark-Jersey City? The engine uses 6.50 labor hours. The low price is $193, the midpoint is $249 and the high price is $362. Dividing the midpoint by those hours is about $38.31 per labor hour in New York-Newark-Jersey City, before sales tax.

How does the New York-Newark-Jersey City wage compare with a full-time week? At the median of $21.16, 40 hours of wages come to $846.40 before payroll taxes. At the 25th percentile the same week is $721.20, and at the 75th percentile it is $1,080.40. Those are wages, not the price a customer pays.