How Much Should You Pay a Cleaning Employee?

How much should you pay a cleaning employee? Every cleaning employee has different levels of skill and experience. The price you pay a cleaning employee is a housecleaning FAQ, which we cover in this show.

Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru, gives tips to figure out how much to pay a cleaning employee (a new hire vs. an experienced maid.)
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[AskAngelaBrown]

Take a look at this playlist of similar videos we made on hiring employees. More great info.

[deja]

I personally would err on the side of overpaying. This is a human being who is giving you their time, energy, their physical body and labor, their health, that's very valuable. I'm currently working for a company cleaning offices at night, I work like a dog long hours and still can't pay all my bills, have no time to clean my own house, spend time with my kid, .run errands, eat healthy meals, basically can't live my life anymore. A human life is valuable, pay accordingly.

[guzman]

I’ve been watching all your videos. It’s been really helpful and I’ve learned a lot thank you!

[margaretd]

You also need to consider the jobs they are going to clean - what are you charging to clean the space? How many hours do you plan on it taking? You then have to consider what the hourly cost is to have an employee: taxes, social security deductions, etc. + what profit do you want/need to make hourly and then deduct that sum from what you're charging for the job. The remainder is the absolute maximum you can pay an employee. -- Plus, you might want to start the employee at a bit lower price so that you can give a raise in 60 or 90 days, after they have completed their training and any probationary time.

[lifelovejourney]

Interesting concept about overpaying - I never thought of it that way.

[sunshine]

This is very practical and good advice. I am not an employee but as a senior, I am reaching a point where I have to hire some help in order to manage in my home and your advice is helpful for that too. Thank you! I watch many of your videos and find them helpful. Never too old to learn😉

[rnupnorthbrrrsm]

There are a lot of corporations out there than need to take Angela’s advice !!!

[svetamatvey]

I'm afraid to make cleaning business, because I'm not sure that someone can do their job good. How can check it? At the moment I'm working solo.
Many people said me that I'm asking to much money charge for hour. I'm asking £15. I saw cleaning companies in our town, they are asking £25 per hour. Some people have cleaners, and they pay £12. In cleaning vacancies usually offer £10.

[delilahc]

I love all the information you provide

[ImHandlingIt]

My employer pays me by the hour and I have a set schedule with the same clients. Unfortunately, I have become more efficient over the years and am shorting myself on jobs that were quoted by the hour. I consistently finish a half hour to an hour earlier. I wish my employer would have quoted a flat fee. Instead, I have to decide whether to "milk the clock" by deliberately slowing way down, do "bonus work" to fill in the time, or just finish earlier and get paid less. It stinks that the reward for being better at my job is that I get paid less for doing more.

[MamiGotHerwn]

I have learned quite a bit from you ☺️ I’ll be making a year in May 😀

[curtweigel]

Good stuff angela. Debbie Sardone has a well explained tiered commission plan that appears to work

[johnmal]

I have a question for you Angela. When I owned my deli I knew that if something cost me a dollar to make I had to charge 3 dollars for that item. It's just restaurant 101 pricing. So my question is are there ratios like that in the cleaning industry? Just good tried and tested formulas that work.

[reginakim]

What is the Average hour for house cleaning? I’m with a new company just started and I have great reviews - have over 50 jobs done- yet I’m charging in San Francisco min wage is the highest hourly wages — I charge 23hr with 25hr per client— I am ok with my starting rate with the fact I just started on a 1099 independent app—am I charging to less — please help me ?

[ThePeterDislikeShow]

Really?? I'd work more if I made more per hour. I've lost morale over low pay never over high. Last month when the Feds paid me to work less I was always finding ways to shave hours.

[jennifermckay]

I get paid 21.66 per house 5-6 days a week. We usually clean 5-6 houses a day. I just started driving too almost everyday and wanted to get paid for driving but my boss wanted to stop paying an extra 15 dollars a day when I'm I drive. What do I do? I live in California and everything is so expensive I am not sure what to do and I work so hard everyday. Any ideas?

[Justamalia]

I’m from
San Diego now I have a small business here in Riverside do you do training ?

[alexism.]

So we still dnt knw how much to charge 😒

[museramos]

I have a question that's bothering me when it comes to hiring a full-time employee. If I have a full-time employee, and I don't have a client during a certain hours, would the employee just sit down and get paid, or do I send them home unpaid? Also, what if I have one client from 10 am to 1 pm, and another client from 3 pm to 6 pm, so how would I pay the employee if there is no job from 1 pm to 3 pm? Please help. These are the kind of questions hindering me from starting a cleaning business. Thanks!

[KellysGarden]

Are you kidding me? Who else would assume that people won't show up to work "once they've made enough money" for their bills.. No other industry would assume this beside the ones who chronically under pay their workers. I love your videos but jeeze, remember that these people have goals a dreams on top of their bills. No one ever feels they've "made enough" money, everyone always wants more.