Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.
860,670 people do this job in the US. $35,510 a year.
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Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 0%. Today's estimate: 0%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 20 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.Done daily by most who do it. | 15% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Wash windows, walls, ceilings, and woodwork, waxing and polishing as necessary.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 1.1 h25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Sort clothing and other articles, load washing machines, and iron and fold dried items.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 9% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Sweep, scrub, wax, or polish floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 9% | 21 min8 min to 33 min | Stays with people | |
| Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies, using vacuum cleaners and shampooers.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min17 min to 1.4 h | Stays with people | |
| Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min13 min to 42 min | Stays with people | |
| Dust and polish furniture and equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 21 min8 min to 42 min | Stays with people | |
| Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 17 min8 min to 29 min | Stays with people | |
| Disinfect equipment and supplies, using germicides or steam-operated sterilizers.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 25 min8 min to 58 min | Stays with people | |
| Replenish supplies, such as drinking glasses, linens, writing supplies, and bathroom items.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 17 min8 min to 29 min | Stays with people | |
| Prepare rooms for meetings and arrange decorations, media equipment, and furniture for social or business functions.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners5% now, 5% by 2028
- Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers2% now, 2% by 2028
- Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants3% now, 3% by 2028
- Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers0% now, 0% by 2028
- Dishwashers0% now, 0% by 2028
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment3% now, 3% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).