House Cleaning Cost in South Carolina

Cost for a typical home in Charleston-North Charleston

Charleston-North Charleston sits in the South Carolina 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC the May 2025 median wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners is $16.34 an hour. The 25th percentile is $13.92, the mean is $15.81, the 75th percentile is $17.40 and the 90th percentile is $18.15. About 2,560 people worked in this occupation. There were 6.50 of these jobs per 1,000 jobs, and the location quotient was 1.17. 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 $13.92 in Charleston-North Charleston, seven hours on a job pays $97.44 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $487.20. 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 Charleston-North Charleston is paid a different rate than $13.92.

At the median wage of $16.34 in Charleston-North Charleston, seven hours on a job pays $114.38 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $571.90. 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 Charleston-North Charleston is paid a different rate than $16.34.

At the mean wage of $15.81 in Charleston-North Charleston, seven hours on a job pays $110.67 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $553.35. 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 Charleston-North Charleston is paid a different rate than $15.81.

At the 75th percentile wage of $17.40 in Charleston-North Charleston, seven hours on a job pays $121.80 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $609.00. 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 Charleston-North Charleston is paid a different rate than $17.40.

At the 90th percentile wage of $18.15 in Charleston-North Charleston, seven hours on a job pays $127.05 in wages before payroll taxes, supplies or profit. A 35-hour week at that rate is $635.25. 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 Charleston-North Charleston is paid a different rate than $18.15.

Worked example for Charleston-North Charleston: 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 $81. The midpoint, using the median wage, is $104. The high price, using the 75th-percentile wage and the higher band, is $132. Per labor hour that midpoint is about $34.51. Those three figures are what a customer can expect to pay for that home in Charleston-North Charleston, before any sales tax the state charges on cleaning.

Worked example for Charleston-North Charleston: 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 $120. The midpoint, using the median wage, is $155. The high price, using the 75th-percentile wage and the higher band, is $199. Per labor hour that midpoint is about $32.67. Those three figures are what a customer can expect to pay for that home in Charleston-North Charleston, before any sales tax the state charges on cleaning.

Worked example for Charleston-North Charleston: 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 $104. The midpoint, using the median wage, is $133. The high price, using the 75th-percentile wage and the higher band, is $170. Per labor hour that midpoint is about $33.26. Those three figures are what a customer can expect to pay for that home in Charleston-North Charleston, before any sales tax the state charges on cleaning.

Worked example for Charleston-North Charleston: 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 $159. The midpoint, using the median wage, is $207. The high price, using the 75th-percentile wage and the higher band, is $266. Per labor hour that midpoint is about $31.82. Those three figures are what a customer can expect to pay for that home in Charleston-North Charleston, before any sales tax the state charges on cleaning.

Charleston-North Charleston ranks 2 of 8 South Carolina metro areas by the May 2025 median wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners. Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal is the highest at $16.38 an hour. Sumter is the lowest at $13.33. The gap between those two metros is $3.05 an hour, and Charleston-North Charleston itself is $16.34.

The metro just above Charleston-North Charleston is Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, at $16.38 an hour, $0.04 more than the Charleston-North Charleston median. Its 25th percentile is $14.04 and its 75th is $17.90.

The metro just below Charleston-North Charleston is Spartanburg, at $14.92 an hour, $1.42 under Charleston-North Charleston. Employment there is 750 maids and housekeeping cleaners, against 2,560 in Charleston-North Charleston.

Ranked by how many people work as maids and housekeeping cleaners, Charleston-North Charleston is number 1 in South Carolina. Charleston-North Charleston has the largest count, 2,560. The location quotient in Charleston-North Charleston is 1.17, which compares this occupation's local share of jobs with its national share.

Minimum wage and sales tax still depend on South Carolina 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 Charleston-North Charleston should be read next to the other metro areas on the South Carolina 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): $85,254.

Median home value (Census ACS): $377,500.

Median rooms per home (Census ACS): 5.8.

Owner-occupied homes (Census ACS): 69.1%.

Questions about cleaning prices in Charleston-North Charleston

What does a Standard clean of a 2BR / 1BA home cost in Charleston-North Charleston? The engine uses 3.00 labor hours. The low price is $81, the midpoint is $104 and the high price is $132. Dividing the midpoint by those hours is about $34.51 per labor hour in Charleston-North Charleston, before sales tax.

What does a Deep clean of a 2BR / 1BA home cost in Charleston-North Charleston? The engine uses 4.75 labor hours. The low price is $120, the midpoint is $155 and the high price is $199. Dividing the midpoint by those hours is about $32.67 per labor hour in Charleston-North Charleston, before sales tax.

What does a Standard clean of a 3BR / 2BA home cost in Charleston-North Charleston? The engine uses 4.00 labor hours. The low price is $104, the midpoint is $133 and the high price is $170. Dividing the midpoint by those hours is about $33.26 per labor hour in Charleston-North Charleston, before sales tax.

What does a Deep clean of a 3BR / 2BA home cost in Charleston-North Charleston? The engine uses 6.50 labor hours. The low price is $159, the midpoint is $207 and the high price is $266. Dividing the midpoint by those hours is about $31.82 per labor hour in Charleston-North Charleston, before sales tax.

How does the Charleston-North Charleston wage compare with a full-time week? At the median of $16.34, 40 hours of wages come to $653.60 before payroll taxes. At the 25th percentile the same week is $556.80, and at the 75th percentile it is $696.00. Those are wages, not the price a customer pays.