Janitorial Pricing by Metro

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• What cleaning actually costs per square foot, by facility type Every cleaning bid reduces to one number: cost per square foot per month. It runs from under $0.05 for high-bay warehouse to north of $1.20 for a pharma cleanro
• Class A office cleaning rates in Chicago, and what the SEIU Local 1 schedule does to a Loop tower bid Loop towers bid $0.19 to $0.28 per sq ft/month, with most union buildings landing between $0.22 and $0.25. The $18.49 janitor median and the SEIU Local 1 BOMA…
• Class A office cleaning rates in Dallas-Fort Worth, where the green spec moves the bid more than wages do Uptown and Legacy West sit at the top of a $0.14 to $0.23 band on a $16.76 janitor median. With no local wage ordinance in play, EPA Safer Choice and LEED O+M…
• Class A office cleaning rates in Houston, where state preemption removes the wage variable entirely Houston Class A towers price $0.14 to $0.23 per sq ft/month against a $14.74 janitor median, the lowest of the ten metros in this series. State preemption…
• Class A office cleaning rates in Miami, and the gap between the wage survey and what cleaners are paid Brickell and downtown towers run $0.17 to $0.29 per sq ft/month. BLS puts the metro janitor median at $16.43/hr, but 32BJ SEIU’s own January 2024 South Florida…
• Class A office cleaning rates in Philadelphia, and what the 32BJ Center City contract actually covers Center City towers price $0.19 to $0.32 per sq ft/month on a $17.75 janitor median. The 32BJ SEIU Center City agreement, ratified October 2023, covers roughly…
• Class A office cleaning rates in Phoenix, and how Proposition 206 indexing narrows the wage spread Phoenix Class A towers price $0.14 to $0.24 per sq ft/month, 18% under the national mid-rate. Arizona’s Proposition 206 minimum, indexed to inflation and now…
• Class A office cleaning rates in San Antonio, the cheapest Class A market in this series San Antonio Class A towers price $0.11 to $0.20 per sq ft/month, 27% under the national mid-rate, on a $16.46 janitor median. Texas Labor Code 62.0515 blocks…
• Class A office cleaning rates in Seattle, priced off the highest janitor median in this series Seattle Class A towers price $0.22 to $0.38 per sq ft/month, 22% above the national mid-rate. A $22.35 janitor median and Washington’s $17.28 state floor…
• Class B office cleaning rates in Chicago, and why the union schedule reaches buildings of any class Chicago Class B space prices around a $0.18/sq ft/month mid-rate, above the $0.17 national figure, because the SEIU Local 1 BOMA schedule of $21.65 to…
• Class B office cleaning rates in Dallas, priced from crew-hours rather than a rate card Dallas Class B space runs a $0.14/sq ft/month mid-rate, 17% under the national figure. A 65,000 sq ft floor plate needs about 18.6 crew-hours nightly at ISSA…
• Class B office cleaning rates in Houston, where insurance class does the work an ordinance would Houston Class B space prices at a $0.14/sq ft/month mid-rate on a $14.74 janitor median. With state preemption removing local wage rules, workers’ comp class…
• Class B office cleaning rates in Miami-Dade, where suburban floor plates set the pace Suburban Miami-Dade Class B space runs a $0.16/sq ft/month mid-rate. A 40,000 sq ft plate needs roughly 11.4 crew-hours nightly, and 32BJ’s own analysis puts…
• Class B office cleaning rates in Philadelphia, and what the Center City vacancy overhang does to scope Philadelphia Class B space sits at the $0.17/sq ft/month national mid-rate on a $17.75 janitor median. Roughly half of vacant downtown Class A space sits in…
• Class B office cleaning rates in Phoenix, where frequency is the only real variable left Phoenix Class B space prices at a $0.14/sq ft/month mid-rate, 17% under national. A 50,000 sq ft plate needs about 14.3 crew-hours nightly at ISSA 447, and…
• Class B office cleaning rates in San Antonio, and the sick-leave ordinance the courts removed San Antonio Class B space runs a $0.13/sq ft/month mid-rate, 23% under national. Texas Labor Code 62.0515 and HB 2127 preempt local rules, and the city’s own…
• Class B office cleaning rates in Seattle, carried by a $22.35 janitor median Seattle Class B space prices $0.15 to $0.27 per sq ft/month, a $0.20 mid-rate running 17% above the national figure. The $22.35 janitor median accounts for…
• Daycare and childcare center cleaning rates in Chicago, close to double the Class B office rate Chicago childcare centers run $0.20 to $0.39 per sq ft/month, close to double Class B office space in the same city. Classroom sanitizing frequency, not square…
• Daycare cleaning rates in Dallas, priced from a five-classroom worked bid Dallas childcare centers price around $0.22/sq ft/month, 15% under national. A 9,200 sq ft center with five classrooms and twice-monthly deep disinfection is…
• Daycare cleaning rates in Houston, where the lowest janitor median still buys a premium scope Houston childcare centers price near $0.23/sq ft/month, 11% under national, even though the metro carries the lowest janitor median in this series at…
• Daycare cleaning rates in Miami, and the county living-wage rule that reaches the larger centers Miami childcare centers price near $0.25/sq ft/month. Miami-Dade’s Living Wage Ordinance sets roughly $18.40/hr with qualifying health benefits, or about…
• Daycare cleaning rates in Philadelphia, and the city prevailing-wage schedule most bids never read Philadelphia childcare centers sit at the $0.26/sq ft/month national mid-rate. The city publishes its own building-service prevailing wage, north of $19.00/hr…
• Daycare cleaning rates in Phoenix, and the southeast valley oversupply pushing bids down Phoenix childcare centers price near $0.22/sq ft/month, 15% under national. New single-story daycare stock in Chandler and Gilbert has outrun demand, and…
• Daycare cleaning rates in San Antonio, where base access is a staffing line rather than a formality San Antonio childcare centers price near $0.21/sq ft/month, 19% under national. A 9,800 sq ft five-classroom center near JBSA-Lackland carries a base-access…
• Daycare cleaning rates in Seattle, and the scheduling ordinance that does not actually reach you Seattle childcare centers price near $0.31/sq ft/month, 19% above national. The Secure Scheduling Ordinance covers employers with 500 or more staff worldwide,…
• Government and civic cleaning rates in Chicago, where three buildings on one block pay three wage schedules Chicago civic work prices $0.16 to $0.29 per sq ft/month. A county courthouse, a state annex and a federal building on the same downtown block can each carry a…
• Government and civic cleaning rates in Dallas, the rare metro with no local wage floor to price Dallas civic buildings price near $0.16/sq ft/month, 20% under national. Neither the city nor the county sets a prevailing wage above the federal Service…
• Government and civic cleaning rates in Houston, and the 15% step a wage determination adds Houston civic buildings price $0.12 to $0.22 per sq ft/month. Federal sites carrying a Service Contract Act wage determination price about 15% above base, more…
• Government and civic cleaning rates in Miami-Dade, set by the county living-wage ordinance Miami-Dade civic buildings price $0.19 to $0.26 per sq ft/month. The county Living Wage Ordinance sets roughly $18.40/hr with health benefits, or about $22.53…
• Government and civic cleaning rates in Philadelphia, and the city’s own posted wage schedule Philadelphia civic buildings sit at the $0.20/sq ft/month national mid-rate. The city posts its own prevailing wage schedule for city-funded contracts, running…
• Government and civic cleaning rates in Phoenix, where the state constitution sets the wage floor Phoenix civic buildings price near $0.16/sq ft/month, 20% under national. Arizona’s constitution bars cities and counties from setting a minimum above the…
• Government and civic cleaning rates in San Antonio, escalated by index rather than by a wage floor San Antonio civic buildings price near $0.15/sq ft/month, 25% under national. Local agencies manage multi-year cost drift by tying annual price adjustments to…
• Government and civic cleaning rates in Seattle, and the three wage rules stacked on one contract Seattle civic buildings price near $0.24/sq ft/month, 19% above national. RCW 39.12 sets the public-works floor, King County adds its own classification…
• Gym and fitness club cleaning rates in Chicago, priced for pool decks and 24-hour access Chicago clubs price $0.18 to $0.35 per sq ft/month on a $25.89 burdened hour. A 14,500 sq ft downtown club with a pool, sauna and 24-hour access needs a midday…
• Gym cleaning rates in Dallas, where EPA List N is the only real locker-room standard Dallas clubs price $0.15 to $0.29 per sq ft/month, 12% under national. No local ordinance sets a locker-room disinfection protocol, so EPA List N products are…
• Gym cleaning rates in Houston, built on the lowest janitor median in this series Houston clubs price near $0.21/sq ft/month, 12% under national. A $14.74 janitor median loads to $20.64 an hour, and Texas Labor Code 62.0515 keeps the city…
• Gym cleaning rates in Miami, where the wage trajectory is written in Tallahassee Miami clubs price near $0.23/sq ft/month on a $16.43 median that loads to $23.00 an hour. Florida Statute 218.077 preempts local minimum wages, so the state…
• Gym cleaning rates in Philadelphia, and the Fair Workweek carve-out that spares building services Philadelphia clubs sit at the $0.24/sq ft/month national mid-rate on a $24.85 burdened hour. The city’s Fair Workweek law names retail, hospitality and food…
• Gym cleaning rates in Phoenix, where the state minimum has nearly caught the going rate Phoenix clubs price near $0.20/sq ft/month, 16% under national, on a $17.44 median. Proposition 206 indexing lifted the state floor to $15.15/hr in January…
• Gym cleaning rates in San Antonio, the cheapest club market in this series San Antonio clubs price near $0.19/sq ft/month, 20% under national, on a $16.61 janitor median. With Texas preemption and no predictability-scheduling rule,…
• Gym cleaning rates in Seattle, on a $31.29 burdened hour Seattle clubs price near $0.28/sq ft/month, 16% above national. The $22.35 janitor median loads to $31.29 an hour, and Washington’s inflation-indexed state…
• Industrial / Warehouse Cleaning Prices in Chicago (2026) Chicago's industrial / warehouse cleaning market prices 0% above the national average mid-rate ($0.07/sq ft/month vs. $0.07/sq ft/month locally).
• Industrial and warehouse cleaning rates in Dallas, where optional workers’ comp lightens the burden Dallas warehouse space prices near $0.06/sq ft/month, 14% under national. Burden the $16.76 janitor median 30 to 35% for tax, comp and supervision; Texas not…
• Industrial and warehouse cleaning rates in Houston, and the wage-theft rule that follows the subcontract Houston warehouse space prices near $0.06/sq ft/month on a $14.74 janitor median. The city’s wage theft ordinance makes general contractors partly liable for…
• Industrial / Warehouse Cleaning Prices in Miami (2026) Miami's industrial / warehouse cleaning market prices 0% above the national average mid-rate ($0.07/sq ft/month vs. $0.07/sq ft/month locally).
• Industrial / Warehouse Cleaning Prices in Philadelphia Philadelphia's industrial / warehouse cleaning market prices 0% above the national average mid-rate ($0.07/sq ft/month vs. $0.07/sq ft/month locally).
• Industrial and warehouse cleaning rates in Phoenix, at 8,000 square feet per labor-hour Phoenix warehouse space prices $0.06 to $0.12 per sq ft/month. ISSA 447 rates high-bay space at 8,000 sq ft per labor-hour, so a 240,000 sq ft facility is a…
• Industrial and warehouse cleaning rates in San Antonio, the thinnest per-foot rate in this series San Antonio warehouse space prices near $0.05/sq ft/month, the lowest rate in this series. Texas Labor Code 62.0515 preempts local wage rules, and…
• Industrial and warehouse cleaning rates in Seattle, quoted for Kent Valley and SODO Kent Valley and SODO distribution space runs $0.08 to $0.14 per sq ft/month, a $0.11 midpoint well above the $0.07 national figure. The $22.35 janitor median…
• K-12 school cleaning rates in Chicago, and the production-rate gap that explains them Chicago school cleaning runs $0.09 to $0.18 per sq ft/month, a $0.13 midpoint. Classroom space cleans far slower per labor-hour than industrial space, and that…
• K-12 school cleaning rates in Dallas, and the districts that never put the work out to bid Dallas school cleaning prices $0.12 to $0.22 per sq ft/month, a $0.16 midpoint. The structural fact in this market is who is not buying: the large districts…
• K-12 school cleaning rates in Houston, bid off the loaded hour rather than the wage Houston school cleaning prices near $0.17/sq ft/month, 15% under national. The $14.74 janitor median is not the number to bid off; loaded for tax, comp and…
• K-12 school cleaning rates in Miami, governed by county code rather than the state minimum Miami school cleaning prices near $0.18/sq ft/month. Florida’s minimum reached $14.00 in September 2025, but Miami-Dade’s Living Wage Ordinance under Code Secti
• K-12 school cleaning rates in Philadelphia, and which Philadelphia the campus is actually in Greater Philadelphia school cleaning runs $0.15 to $0.26 per sq ft/month on a $24.85 burdened hour. City schools and suburban county districts are two different
• K-12 school cleaning rates in Phoenix, moved by the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act Phoenix school cleaning prices $0.14 to $0.24 per sq ft/month, 15% under national at the midpoint. Arizona’s Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act has lifted the
• K-12 school cleaning rates in San Antonio, where a federally funded campus changes the wage rule San Antonio school cleaning prices $0.11 to $0.21 per sq ft/month, the lowest band here. A campus tied to a federal facility or federally funded program near JB
• K-12 school cleaning rates in Seattle, on a $31.29 burdened hour Seattle school cleaning runs $0.22 to $0.35 per sq ft/month, 21% above national. The $22.35 janitor median loads to $31.29 an hour, and that single number is wh
• Medical office cleaning rates in Chicago, and the Fair Workweek rule that names building services Chicago clinic rates by suite size, the $18.49 BLS median against a $25.89 burdened hour, ISSA 447 production math, and why Fair Workweek scheduling reaches…
• Medical office cleaning rates in Dallas-Fort Worth, with terminal cleans priced as their own line DFW clinic rates by suite size on a $16.76 BLS median and $23.46 burdened hour, plus TCEQ regulated-waste requirements and what a quarterly terminal-clean…
• Medical office cleaning rates in Houston, on the lowest burdened labor hour in this comparison Houston clinic rates by suite size on a $14.74 BLS median and a $20.64 burdened hour, the lowest here, plus the Gulf Coast humidity-control scope that offsets…
• Medical office cleaning rates in Miami, single-site and at the multi-site portfolio rate Miami clinic rates by suite size plus the $0.23 per-site multi-location portfolio band, a $16.43 BLS median and $23.00 burdened hour, and Florida…
• Medical office cleaning rates in Philadelphia, including the academic-affiliated protocol tier Philadelphia clinic rates by suite size, the $0.42 academic-affiliated protocol tier, a $17.75 blended MSA median and $24.85 burdened hour, and when Act 442…
• Medical office cleaning rates in Phoenix, and what the enhanced-filtration tier actually buys Phoenix clinic rates by suite size, a $17.44 BLS median and $24.42 burdened hour, and the HVAC filter interval that moves an account into the higher…
• Medical office cleaning rates in San Antonio, and when a Service Contract Act determination sets the floor The lowest clinical mid-rate in this set at $0.23 per sq ft, a $16.61 BLS median and $23.25 burdened hour, plus when a Service Contract Act wage determination…
• Medical office cleaning rates in Seattle, on the highest burdened labor hour in this comparison Seattle clinic rates by suite size on a $22.35 BLS median and a $31.29 burdened hour, the highest here, plus WAC 246-500 waste rules and the restricted-access…
• Restaurant and QSR cleaning rates in Chicago, where the client is covered by Fair Workweek even if you are not Chicago restaurant cleaning runs $0.42 to $0.68 per sq ft/month, a $0.53 midpoint. Quick service is named under the Fair Workweek Ordinance, so the client’s sch
• Restaurant and QSR cleaning rates in Dallas, from a two-lane drive-thru worked bid Dallas restaurant cleaning runs $0.24 to $0.45 per sq ft/month, 15% under national. A 6,200 sq ft fast-casual unit with a 40-seat dining room, two-lane drive-th
• Restaurant and QSR cleaning rates in Houston, two dollars an hour under the Dallas labor market Houston restaurant cleaning runs $0.24 to $0.46 per sq ft/month. The metro janitor median is $14.74 an hour against Dallas at $16.76, and that spread runs throu
• Restaurant and QSR cleaning rates in Miami, on a $2.43 cushion over the state minimum Miami restaurant cleaning runs $0.26 to $0.49 per sq ft/month. The $16.43 janitor median leaves a $2.43 cushion over Florida’s $14.00 minimum, which stepped up
• Restaurant and QSR cleaning rates in Philadelphia, where the market pays double the state minimum Philadelphia restaurant cleaning runs $0.28 to $0.53 per sq ft/month. The $17.75 janitor median is more than double Pennsylvania’s frozen $7.25 minimum, one of
• Restaurant / QSR Cleaning Prices in Phoenix (2026) Phoenix's restaurant / qsr cleaning market prices 17% below the national average mid-rate ($0.39/sq ft/month vs. $0.32/sq ft/month locally).
• Restaurant and QSR cleaning rates in San Antonio, at 1,800 square feet per labor-hour San Antonio restaurant cleaning runs $0.22 to $0.42 per sq ft/month, 20% under national. ISSA 447 allows one labor-hour per 1,800 sq ft of restaurant floor, whi
• Restaurant and QSR cleaning rates in Seattle, started from the city minimum rather than the rate card Seattle restaurant cleaning runs $0.33 to $0.61 per sq ft/month, 15% above national. The $20.76 city minimum is where the bid starts, and the loaded hour reache
• Retail Cleaning Prices in Chicago (2026) Magnificent Mile storefronts anchor the top and suburban strip centers the bottom. A 50,000 sq ft box runs $66,000 to $126,000 a year, $90,000 at the mid.
• Retail Cleaning Prices in Dallas (2026) NorthPark and Galleria Dallas pay the premium while strip centers hold the $0.09 floor. Fifty thousand square feet costs $54,000 to $102,000 a year.
• Retail cleaning rates in Houston, two dollars an hour under the Dallas labor market Houston retail cleaning runs $0.09 to $0.17 per sq ft/month, a $0.13 midpoint. The metro janitor median of $14.74 an hour sits well under Dallas at $16.76, and
• Retail cleaning rates in Miami-Dade, and the humidity scope most bids leave out Miami-Dade retail cleaning runs $0.10 to $0.19 per sq ft/month, a $0.14 midpoint just under the national figure. Brickell City Centre and Aventura pay the premi
• Retail cleaning rates in Philadelphia, holding a $0.14 midpoint on a frozen state minimum Philadelphia retail cleaning runs $0.10 to $0.20 per sq ft/month. Pennsylvania’s minimum has sat at $7.25 since 2009, and the market still clears at a $0.14 mid
• Retail cleaning rates in Phoenix, where the wage story is simpler than the rest of this series Phoenix retail cleaning runs $0.09 to $0.17 per sq ft/month, 13% under national at the midpoint. Arizona’s indexed state minimum, $14.70 in 2025, is the only wa
• Retail cleaning rates in San Antonio, the widest discount in this series San Antonio retail cleaning runs $0.08 to $0.16 per sq ft/month. The $0.12 midpoint undercuts the $0.15 national average by roughly 20%, the widest discount amo
• Retail cleaning rates in Seattle, from a South Lake Union mid-box worked bid Seattle retail cleaning runs $0.13 to $0.24 per sq ft/month, 19% above national. A 25,000 sq ft South Lake Union mid-box covers in a five-hour nightly window at

• Daycare / Childcare Center Cleaning Prices in Houston (2025) Houston's daycare / childcare center cleaning market prices 11% below the national average mid-rate ($0.26/sq ft/month vs. $0.23/sq ft/month locally).
• Daycare / Childcare Center Cleaning Prices in Dallas (2025) Dallas's daycare / childcare center cleaning market prices 15% below the national average mid-rate ($0.26/sq ft/month vs. $0.22/sq ft/month locally).
• Daycare / Childcare Center Cleaning Prices in Chicago (2025) Chicago's daycare / childcare center cleaning market prices 7% above the national average mid-rate ($0.26/sq ft/month vs. $0.28/sq ft/month locally).
• K-12 School Cleaning Prices in Seattle (2025) Seattle's k-12 school cleaning market prices 21% above the national average mid-rate ($0.19/sq ft/month vs. $0.23/sq ft/month locally).
• K-12 School Cleaning Prices in San Antonio (2025) San Antonio's k-12 school cleaning market prices 21% below the national average mid-rate ($0.19/sq ft/month vs. $0.15/sq ft/month locally).
• K-12 School Cleaning Prices in Phoenix (2025) Phoenix's k-12 school cleaning market prices 15% below the national average mid-rate ($0.19/sq ft/month vs. $0.16/sq ft/month locally).
• K-12 School Cleaning Prices in Philadelphia (2025) Philadelphia's k-12 school cleaning market prices 0% above the national average mid-rate ($0.19/sq ft/month vs. $0.19/sq ft/month locally).
• K-12 School Cleaning Prices in Miami (2025) Miami's k-12 school cleaning market prices 5% below the national average mid-rate ($0.19/sq ft/month vs. $0.18/sq ft/month locally).
• K-12 School Cleaning Prices in Houston (2025) Houston's k-12 school cleaning market prices 15% below the national average mid-rate ($0.19/sq ft/month vs. $0.16/sq ft/month locally).
• Medical Office Cleaning Prices in Seattle (2025) Seattle's medical office cleaning market prices 17% above the national average mid-rate ($0.29/sq ft/month vs. $0.34/sq ft/month locally).