Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2023 Workforce
4.67M
Average Age
44.1
Average Salary
$32,467
Average Male Salary
$36,741
Average Female Salary
$25,518

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Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations are most often employed by the Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) industry. The average yearly wage for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations was $32,467 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workforce. Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workforce in 2023 was 4,673,173 people, of which 38.1% were women and 61.9% were men. Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations are paid most in Suffolk County (North Central)--Brookhaven Town (North) PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Houston City (West)--Westpark Tollway, Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
2,893,465
Male Workforce
± 41.4k
1,779,708
Female Workforce
± 32.6k

The Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workforce in 2023 was 4,673,173 people (38.1% women and 61.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of −6.6% between 2014 (5,003,168) and 2023 (4,673,173).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Hawaii ($39,851), New York ($38,618), and New Jersey ($37,648).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$32,467
AVERAGE WAGE
#15 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations earned an average of $32,467, $35,260 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.398
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.398, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) is the industry that employs the most Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations, by average wage, is Pipeline transportation ($89,908).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
4.67M
2023 Workforce
± 52,259
−2.65%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.61%

This graphic shows the share of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations employed by various industries. Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) employs the largest share of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations at 39.2%, followed by Landscaping services with 31.4% and Elementary & secondary schools with 15.7%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in the US. The workforce of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in 2023 was 4,673,173 people, with 38.1% woman, and 61.9% men. The average age of male Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in the workforce is 43.4 and of female Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations is 45.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in 2023 was 4,673,173 people, with 38.1% woman, and 61.9% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (538,146 people), 50 to 54 years (508,707  people), and 45 to 49 years (488,049 people). Among them they concentrated 32.9% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2023, 36.8% of Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workers were Hispanic and 63.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (56.3%), Puerto Rican (8.35)%, and Salvadoran (7.36)%

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Races

In 2023, 50.7% of the Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workforce were White, of which 33.1% were women and 66.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other (15.7%) and Black (14.7%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Agriculture.

Among the necessary skills for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (81,357 people), Education (34,457 people), and Engineering (21,582 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (1,982,672 people), Some college (843,784 people), and Secondary Education (734,157 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, Monitoring.

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