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SOC 37-2011
Janitors and building cleaners clean floors, glass, restrooms, and ordinary refuse areas and record consumables, anomalies, and repair needs. They first check area standards, product instructions, and equipment condition, then work, review, and hand over within authorization. The work involves sustained physical demands, shifts, and chemical safety. Wages and employment are presented separately by period for the precise U.S. occupation; evidence for Chinese national occupational wages is insufficient.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((25+0+50)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
Taking responsibility for judgments | Fit depends on whether you can do three things within the same assignment: perform sound cleaning and maintenance (sweep, mop, strip wax and polish, dust, remove refuse, and treat stains by area and standard; request supplies as needed; document anomalies and repair needs; and produce reviewable work records); manage safety and standards (follow standards and organizational policies for chemical preparation and labeling, powered equipment and tool safety, wet-floor and slip warnings, protective equipment, work at height and outdoors, and compliance boundaries for pest treatment); and accept clearly defined job responsibilities (take responsibility for your work quality and safety, and seek guidance or refer equipment repairs, pesticide use, or system changes beyond your authority). Test this through a verifiable exercise, such as preparing a cleaning work and safety checklist for an entirely fictional floor and stain scenario, rather than relying only on an interest questionnaire.
Insufficient evidence: after consulting the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin, this page did not establish a mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation. Industry averages, advertised salaries, and U.S. figures are not used to fill the gap. Caution signals | This page corresponds to U.S. O*NET-SOC 37-2011.00: keeping buildings clean and orderly, handling floors, walls and glass, carpets, and refuse, and possibly performing routine maintenance and reporting repair needs. Checkable deliverables include area cleaning results, supply and equipment records, and anomaly and handover forms. Assess physical demands, shift work, chemicals, and responsibility for people's safety; a job title does not automatically confer equipment repair or work-at-height authority.
Insufficient evidence: after consulting the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin, this page did not establish a mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation. Industry averages, advertised salaries, and U.S. figures are not used to fill the gap. Janitors and building cleaners correspond to O*NET-SOC 37-2011.00 (Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners), working with building floors, walls and glass, carpets, restrooms, and refuse to deliver cleaning results, supply records, and anomaly handovers. Work may include routine maintenance and clearing outdoor debris and snow; verify specific equipment, repair, and operating authority for the role. Confirm standards → check safety → execute → review → hand over is FermatMind's task-based workflow. Current U.S. national pay: a 2025 median of $36,840 per year; employment of 2,432,600 in 2025, 2% growth for 2025—2035, and 321,800 average annual openings (an overall projection, not attributed to AI). The exact occupational wage gap for China remains; industry averages are broad references only.
Career direction comparison
Compare core outputs, responsibility boundaries, and working patterns; do not interchange roles based on names.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dishwashers | Dishwashing | Core outputs are cleaned and organized food service utensils and areas. This occupation focuses on whole-building cleaning and routine maintenance; work scope and safety requirements differ, and shared cleaning skills do not imply identical responsibilities. | Core outputs are cleaned and organized food service utensils and areas. | Compare if you wish to do food service cleaning. |
| First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers | First-line housekeeping and janitorial supervision | Core outputs are scheduling, quality inspection, and personnel management. This occupation focuses on personal work execution; management duties and assessment scope differ, so roles cannot be interchanged based only on titles. |
AI impact on this career
Direct answer | FermatMind recommends first trialing assistance with schedules, consumable tables, and handover summaries using fictional task sheets, checking times, areas, and anomalies item by item. This is not a measured efficiency finding for this occupation. O*NET task descriptions and software mention lists do not demonstrate widespread cleaning robot adoption. On-site operations and equipment release still require organizational authorization; this page provides no adoption rate, replacement probability, or timetable. AI Impact Score 25% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((25+0+50)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Chinese mainland salary reference
Broad reference | Building cleaning and contracted service duties relate to leasing and business services. National Bureau of Statistics Tables 2 / 5: average annual wages of employees in urban leasing and business service entities in China in 2025 were CNY 110,162 in non-private entities and CNY 68,919 in private entities. These figures are not this occupation's wage range, median, or take-home income. Source: https://www.stats.gov.cn/zwfwck/sjfb/202605/t20260515_1963707.html.
Insufficient evidence: after consulting the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin, this page did not establish a mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation. Industry averages, advertised salaries, and U.S. figures are not used to fill the gap.
No reliable figure currently available
U.S. salary reference
U.S. wages in 2025 | Annual wages at the 10 / 25 / 50 / 75 / 90 percentiles were $28,640 / 32,240 / 36,840 / 44,060 / 50,270 respectively, with a median of $36,840 per year. Percentiles are neither minimum wages nor experience levels; the data do not represent individual take-home income.
| Statistical position | Public reference (original units) | Conversion boundaries | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower percentiles | $28,640 per year | No calculation of individual monthly pay |
Fit signals
Direct answer | Fit signals include consistently performing physical cleaning to standards, attending to detail and safety, understanding and following chemical and equipment instructions, and escalating anomalies or tasks beyond authority. Personality labels do not establish fit. Interest and personality tools can only help design trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility, authorization, or performance.
Positive signals： Positive signals | You can follow procedures to sweep, polish, dust, and remove refuse; check chemical and equipment conditions and identify stains and hazards; and preserve reviewable anomaly and repair-need records and hand work over accurately.
Caution conditions： Caution conditions | Risk signals include mixing chemicals based on experience, neglecting equipment and electrical safety, inadequate wet-floor and work-at-height protection, failing to report damaged facilities, and unauthorized repairs or pesticide use. If physical demands, shift work, and chemical exposure are difficult for you to tolerate, treat them as practical costs requiring serious consideration.
Trial actions： Exercise (FermatMind original, entirely on paper) | One cleaner works 08:00—09:00, with travel time set to 0. First spend 5 minutes identifying and reporting hazards. A: ordinary lobby sweeping, 20 minutes, to finish by 08:30. B: restroom paper replenishment and ordinary cleaning, 15 minutes, to finish by 08:45. C: ordinary office refuse collection, 10 minutes. Finish with 5 minutes of handover records. Additional conditions: standing water in the corridor, unlabeled bottle X, and a vacuum cleaner with a damaged cord. Operations related to all three are frozen, excluded from the ordinary tasks above, and not cleared as safe. Product card Y states: ready to use, follow the label, do not mix with other products. Bottle X has no ingredient information. List frozen operations and their handover recipients, then schedule ordinary tasks and check deadlines and spare time. Do not actually use chemicals, equipment, or ladders, or handle medical waste or sharps.
Risks and boundaries
Risks must be handled through their triggers, consequences, controls, and escalation boundaries.
Based on O*NET tasks, BLS environment descriptions, and OSHA occupational chemical guidance; control points are editorial synthesis. CDC provides household cleaning context only; healthcare procedures require separate checks.
Typical scenario：Chemicals and labels | Unknown ingredients, incorrect labels, or mixed products can harm the skin and respiratory tract. Suggested controls: check labels / SDS, training, protection, and ventilation; do not mix different cleaning chemicals, and stop using and report unknown bottles.
Roles most affected：Janitors and Building Cleaners
Possible consequence：Unknown ingredients, incorrect labels, or mixed products can harm the skin and respiratory tract.
Entry paths
Entry reference | BLS OOH explains that typical U.S. entry requires no formal educational credential, although some roles require or prefer high school education; most learn through on-the-job training. O*NET Job Zone Three is a general preparation category, not a uniform one-to-two-year training or associate-degree requirement for every cleaning role. First check the employer's actual tasks, supervision, and equipment training requirements.
Market signals
Overall U.S. employment projection, not attributed to AI | O*NET 37-2011.00: employment of 2,432,600 in 2025, 2% growth for 2025—2035, and 321,800 projected average annual openings (including growth and replacement needs). Insufficient evidence: a national employment projection and a standardized recruitment sample for this occupation in China were not obtained; these figures cannot be converted into individual hiring probabilities.
United States · Precise occupation 37-2011
Overall U.S. employment projection, not attributed to AI | O*NET 37-2011.00: employment of 2,432,600 in 2025, 2% growth for 2025—2035, and 321,800 projected average annual openings (including growth and replacement needs). Insufficient evidence: a national employment projection and a standardized recruitment sample for this occupation in China were not obtained; these figures cannot be converted into individual hiring probabilities.
Growth and average annual openings
Work in O*NET 37-2011.00 primarily involves on-site physical activity: wearing common protective or safety equipment daily, 84%; walking or running continually or almost continually, 61%; face-to-face discussions daily, 57%; using hands continually or almost continually, 56%; indoors in a controlled environment daily, 79%; exposure to disease or infections daily, 43%; repetitive motions more than half the time, 42%; and substantial freedom to schedule tasks, 58%.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
Fit signals | Work activities in O*NET 37-2011.00 primarily involve communicating with supervisors and colleagues, organizing and prioritizing, general physical activity, inspecting equipment and materials, and making decisions and solving problems. If you are willing to consistently perform physical cleaning to standards, attend to detail and safety, and understand and follow cleaning equipment and chemical instructions, these daily requirements may align with your working style. Interest and personality tools are only for designing trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility or performance.
This is a work sample check, not a personality diagnosis or hiring conclusion.
Editorial trial | Complete the fictional office-building paper exercise below for 08:00—09:00. First identify standing water, an unknown bottle, and damaged equipment, then schedule ordinary tasks A / B / C. The entry path provides a reference schedule, a 55-minute recalculation, four work samples, and a seven-day plan. Do not actually use chemicals, equipment, or ladders.
The first checks concern the objects (floors and walls, restrooms and refuse, chemicals and equipment), inputs (area cleaning standards, chemical and equipment instructions, and protection and operational safety requirements), and deliverables (cleaning results that meet standards, equipment and consumable records, anomaly and repair-need reports, and handover records). Anything unverified must remain pending verification; intuition based on experience cannot replace chemical instructions and safety requirements.
Assess the complete workflow in four steps: check inputs (confirm area standards, chemical and equipment condition, and safety conditions) → define the task (work only within authorization, without unauthorized repair or treatment) → execute and document (clean to standard with an audit trail) → review and escalate (stop immediately and report chemical or equipment anomalies, damaged facilities, or safety hazards). A complete workflow requires verifiable standards, instructions, and authorization, rather than merely a clean-looking surface.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
|---|---|---|
| Complete workflow | Standards, safety, execution, and reporting | |
| Step one | Confirm areas and standards | |
| Step two | Check chemical and equipment safety | |
| Step three | Sweep and polish | |
| Step four |
Objects of work | Clean and perform routine maintenance within safety and quality standards, working with floors, walls and glass, carpets and furniture, restrooms and refuse, cleaning chemicals, and powered equipment.
Checkable outputs | Cleaning and maintenance results that meet standards, chemical and equipment use records, supply and consumable requests, anomaly and repair-need reports, and handover records. Results must be traceable to area standards and working conditions.
Complete workflow | Confirm areas and standards → check chemical and equipment safety → sweep and polish → handle stains and anomalies → request supplies and hand over.
Qualifications, operating permits, and equipment repair authority must still be verified by the specific jurisdiction, organization, or employer. Training or certificates do not automatically confer work-at-height or repair authority.
The objects of janitorial and building cleaning work and AI boundaries Editorial trial: use fictional task sheets to check AI schedules and summaries for omissions and conflicts; no evidence of adoption rates, efficiency gains, or robot performance has been established.
| Core outputs are scheduling, quality inspection, and personnel management. |
| Compare if you wish to take on scheduling and management responsibilities. |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | Housekeeping cleaning | Core outputs are cleaned and organized guest rooms and linens. This occupation focuses on public areas, floors, and equipment maintenance; objects and standards differ and must be checked separately. | Core outputs are cleaned and organized guest rooms and linens. | Compare if you wish to organize guest rooms. |
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| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | Landscaping and groundskeeping | Core outputs are care of outdoor green spaces, vegetation, and grounds. This occupation focuses on indoor cleaning and facility maintenance; environments and tools differ substantially and cannot be applied interchangeably. | Core outputs are care of outdoor green spaces, vegetation, and grounds. | Compare if you wish to perform outdoor care. |
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Neighboring occupations require their own tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Next, test the direction through observable deliverables.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
First distinguish tasks that can be assisted from ultimate responsibility.
A technical demonstration does not establish organizational adoption.
Task exposure cannot establish when jobs will be eliminated.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduling and standardization | Fictional time windows and task sheets | Editorial trial suggestion | Have a tool organize fictional area tasks, time windows, and consumable records, then check omissions, duplicates, and conflicts against the exercise. This trial does not operate robots, generate real chemical formulas, or control equipment. | Check original records and failure modes. |
| Chemicals and equipment | Organize label-checking lists | Editorial suggestion: organize only the label fields provided | Human control points | Check surface materials, chemicals, equipment, and pedestrian conditions against the site, product labels / SDS, and organizational procedures. Text drafts are materials awaiting verification only; stop relevant steps and hand over to the responsible person if equipment is abnormal or tasks exceed authorization. |
| Anomalies and reporting | Classify anomalies and draft handover forms | No automatic authorization | Escalate under statutory authority and the chain of command. |
| Safety and handover | Draft handovers against task sheets | May assist with organization | The responsible person confirms conclusions. |
Evidence explanation | O*NET provides U.S. occupational tasks. Its hot technology page counts software skill mentions in U.S. recruitment in 2025; Office, Excel, Outlook, and Word are each below 1%, which is not an AI adoption rate. NIST AI 600-1 provides general generative AI risks and does not measure cleaning robots' on-site performance. The tasks and control points below are editorial trial suggestions.
Differences in impact | First trial task records and summaries that can be checked against their inputs, measuring omissions and time conflicts. Floor robots involve sensors, surface materials, pedestrian traffic, and equipment safety; a text model risk framework cannot demonstrate cleaning effectiveness. Evidence of assistance performance, organizational adoption, and job numbers must be obtained separately.
AI primarily changesEditorial recommendation: trial information organization; actual effects remain to be verified
Human responsibility remainsResponsibility and authorization
AI primarily changesEditorial recommendation: trial information organization; actual effects remain to be verified
Human responsibility remainsOriginal record checks
Responsibility chain | From confirming areas and standards through equipment and tool handling, human review, anomaly reporting, and recordkeeping, every step must have a clear responsible person and traceable evidence. Chemical and equipment safety judgments must not rely solely on a model.
Confirm sources, permissions, and versions.
Assist only within the known scope.
The responsible person reviews outputs.
Stop immediately and report anomalies.
Will amplify incorrect conclusions.
Control: Check original materials.
Will change responsibility boundaries.
Control: Follow the authorization chain.
May overlook exceptions.
Control: Retain human judgment.
Practice reviewable work samples.
Retain process and failure records.
Define permissions and stopping conditions first.
This page has not established evidence of occupational replacement rates or job elimination timing; the task table is for trial design only.
Source: NIST AI 600-1: Generative AI Risk ProfileOriginal source ↗
Software skill mentions, assistance performance, organizational adoption, and job numbers are measured separately and cannot establish job elimination timing.
Source: NIST AI 600-1: Generative AI Risk ProfileOriginal source ↗
Editorial suggestion: check drafts against the site and equipment instructions; organizationally authorized personnel confirm actual equipment release. The NIST framework does not assess robot performance.
Source: NIST AI 600-1: Generative AI Risk ProfileOriginal source ↗
Turning point | First practice area standards, product labels, and anomaly handovers, then compare manual scheduling with tool drafts. Record errors, edits, and time spent, and do not claim efficiency gains before measuring benefits. Stop relevant work when safety conditions are insufficient; text output must not become on-site permission.
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A bounded search did not establish a reliable figure; this item is not a starting salary, take-home income, or individual quote.
| Job scope | Reference value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (middle school or below) | Verify against organizational announcements | Do not use proxy figures. |
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (high school / secondary vocational school) | Verify against organizational announcements | Do not use proxy figures. |
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (junior college or above) | Verify against organizational announcements | Do not use proxy figures. |
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (other) | Verify for the specific jurisdiction | Do not use proxy figures. |
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AI and pay boundaries | This page has not established causal evidence of AI's effect on this occupation's wages. Record-assistance trials and specific pay quotes require separate checks; robot promotion or software skill mentions are not used to calculate wages.
| Median | $36,840 per year | No calculation of individual monthly pay | 2025 U.S. national wage percentiles; not individual quotes or experience levels. |
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| Higher percentiles | $50,270 per year | No calculation of individual monthly pay | 2025 U.S. national wage percentiles; not individual quotes or experience levels. |
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Pay · 10th percentile：$28,640 per year；National wages for 37-2011.00
Pay · 25th percentile：$32,240 per year；National wages for 37-2011.00
Pay · Median：$36,840 per year；National wages for 37-2011.00
Pay · 75th percentile：$44,060 per year；National wages for 37-2011.00
Pay · 90th percentile：$50,270 per year；National wages for 37-2011.00
No; region, hours, employment arrangement, and specific contracts require separate checks.
Covers U.S. 37-2011, excluding housekeeping cleaners; does not establish a Chinese wage mapping.
Wages and employment are both for 2025; projections cover 2025—2035. The precise occupation is 37-2011, and annual openings include growth and replacement needs.
Retain original source units; do not assume part-time hours or use the annual median to promise individual income.
| Industry | Median hourly wages (USD, 2025) | How to interpret |
|---|---|---|
| Government (excluding state and local education and hospitals) | $20.76 per hour | 2025 industry median hourly wages for the precise U.S. occupation 37-2011, BLS OOH. |
| Educational services (state, local, and private) | $18.63 per hour | 2025 industry median hourly wages for the precise U.S. occupation 37-2011, BLS OOH. |
| Healthcare and social assistance | $18.35 per hour | 2025 industry median hourly wages for the precise U.S. occupation 37-2011, BLS OOH. |
| Services to buildings and dwellings | $17.21 per hour | 2025 industry median hourly wages for the precise U.S. occupation 37-2011, BLS OOH. |
Full-time, part-time, and multiple-job hours differ; check wage units and paid hours.
Property management, schools, hospitals, and cleaning contractors have different requirements; medical tasks require separate specialized procedure checks.
Check the specific state / city, night and weekend shifts, and contractual benefits; these cannot be inferred from the national median.
Overall employment projection for the precise U.S. occupation, not attributed to AI； does not represent a real-time recruitment sample or individual hiring probability.
Overall employment projection for the precise U.S. occupation, not attributed to AI； does not represent a real-time recruitment sample or individual hiring probability.
Overall employment projection for the precise U.S. occupation, not attributed to AI； does not represent a real-time recruitment sample or individual hiring probability.
How can RC preferences be tested through tasks?
Conclusion | Activity preferences align more closely with a combination of hands-on work and following procedures (O*NET interest code RC). However, interest codes can only help design trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility or performance.
Do not use it this way: Test labels do not establish hiring, physical assessment, or safety authorization.
Start a career interest trialHow can attention to detail and procedure execution be observed?
Conclusion | This page does not use a single personality label to predict cleaning performance. Observe whether you can check labels, identify hazards, complete area records, and hand work over accurately. Paper samples, real trained work, qualifications, and employer appointments require separate checks.
Do not use it this way: Test labels do not establish hiring, physical assessment, or safety authorization.
Start a career interest trialHow can communication style be tested?
Conclusion | RIASEC or personality frameworks can only help formulate questions; they cannot replace work samples, learning ability, qualifications, and actual performance evidence for this occupation. No tool conclusion constitutes a hiring, authorization, or appointment decision.
Do not use it this way: Test labels do not establish hiring, physical assessment, or safety authorization.
Start a career interest trialHow do you report errors under pressure?
Personality descriptions do not replace anomaly handover performance.
Do not use it this way: Test labels do not establish hiring, physical assessment, or safety authorization.
Start a career interest trialHow can table reading and scheduling be tested?
Test arithmetic and comprehension using fixed inputs; intelligence labels do not confer operating qualifications.
Do not use it this way: Test labels do not establish hiring, physical assessment, or safety authorization.
Start a career interest trialHow do you handle demands to hurry or complaints?
Observe simulated communication; emotional tools do not replace job evaluation.
Do not use it this way: Test labels do not establish hiring, physical assessment, or safety authorization.
Start a career interest trialFits better when: Willing to sweep, polish, and wash to standards.
Watch for: Surface materials and cleaning agents must match.
Fits better when: Willing to handle restrooms and refuse under hygiene procedures.
Watch for: Protection and disinfection requirements must be followed.
Fits better when: Willing to use chemicals and powered equipment according to instructions.
Watch for: Do not rely on experience for mixing or electrical safety.
Fits better when: Willing to clear snow, leaves, and sidewalk debris.
Watch for: Check weather, pedestrian traffic, and tool safety separately; outdoor tasks do not automatically include work at height.
Fits better when: Willing to perform minor repairs and report major repair needs.
Watch for: Repairs and system adjustments beyond authority must be referred.
Fits better when: Able to complete scheduled work across multiple areas and hand it over.
Watch for: Handovers require an audit trail.
Distinguish whether you prefer floor work, replenishment, consumable records, or area handovers; record reasons on a paper task sheet.
Paper scheduling can check time conflicts but cannot verify tolerance for standing, walking, or shift work; assess actual entry under trained conditions.
The four work samples should state areas, times, inputs, and unreleased items so the next worker can reconstruct the status.
For bottle X, damaged wiring, or standing water, list stopped operations and receiving responsible persons; do not release work yourself to improve completion rates.
Courses and ordinary cleaning experience do not automatically confer authority for circuit repairs, medical waste, or work at height.
Review schedule overruns, omitted label information, and unclear handovers, explaining changes and their basis.
The input table, 55-minute schedule, anomaly forms, and area list are reviewable deliverables; do not present them as real work experience.
Start with the fixed exercise below, revise work samples using the seven-day plan, then check the target employer's job requirements.
Evidence：OSHA/NIOSH：Protecting Workers Who Use Cleaning Chemicals
Typical scenario：Equipment and electricity | Damaged wiring or untrained operation may cause electrical and mechanical injuries. Suggested controls: stop using abnormal equipment and hand it to the equipment owner; duties including minor repairs do not authorize boiler or circuit repairs.
Roles most affected：Janitors and Building Cleaners
Possible consequence：Damaged wiring or untrained operation may cause electrical and mechanical injuries.
How to reduce risk：Stop using abnormal equipment and hand it to the equipment owner; duties including minor repairs do not authorize boiler or circuit repairs.
Evidence：Janitors And Cleaners, Except Maids And Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011.00 · BLS OOH：Janitors and Building Cleaners
Typical scenario：Slippery surfaces and work height | Wet floors and inappropriate height tasks may cause slips or falls. Suggested controls: warn, isolate, and report under organizational procedures; verify training, equipment, and authorization before work at height. This exercise uses no ladders.
Roles most affected：Janitors and Building Cleaners
Possible consequence：Wet floors and inappropriate height tasks may cause slips or falls.
How to reduce risk：Warn, isolate, and report under organizational procedures; verify training, equipment, and authorization before work at height. This exercise uses no ladders.
Evidence：Janitors And Cleaners, Except Maids And Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011.00 · BLS OOH：Janitors and Building Cleaners
Typical scenario：Hygiene and special waste | Restrooms and refuse areas may involve exposure; medical waste and sharps have additional handling requirements. Suggested controls: separate ordinary refuse from special waste; refer unknown contamination or sharps to specially trained personnel. CDC household guidance does not replace medical procedures.
Roles most affected：Janitors and Building Cleaners
Possible consequence：Restrooms and refuse areas may involve exposure; medical waste and sharps have additional handling requirements.
How to reduce risk：Separate ordinary refuse from special waste; refer unknown contamination or sharps to specially trained personnel. CDC household guidance does not replace medical procedures.
Evidence：Janitors And Cleaners, Except Maids And Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011.00 · CDC：When and How to Clean and Disinfect Your Home
Typical scenario：Rushing and handover | Time-window pressure may cause missed checks, rework, or misuse of items not released for operation. Suggested controls: address hazards first under organizational procedures and reschedule ordinary tasks; clearly hand over unfinished items and responsible persons, without restarting work on your own authority.
Roles most affected：Janitors and Building Cleaners
Possible consequence：Time-window pressure may cause missed checks, rework, or misuse of items not released for operation.
How to reduce risk：Address hazards first under organizational procedures and reschedule ordinary tasks; clearly hand over unfinished items and responsible persons, without restarting work on your own authority.
Evidence：Janitors And Cleaners, Except Maids And Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011.00 · OSHA/NIOSH：Protecting Workers Who Use Cleaning Chemicals
Typical scenario：Continuing despite insufficient chemical, equipment, or safety conditions.
Roles most affected：Janitors and Building Cleaners
Possible consequence：May override safety requirements, professional opinions, or organizational authorization.
How to reduce risk：First stop the relevant step and hand over facts, impacts, and unresolved issues to an authorized responsible person.
Evidence：Janitors And Cleaners, Except Maids And Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011.00 · OSHA/NIOSH：Protecting Workers Who Use Cleaning Chemicals
Typical scope：Responsibilities by stage | At entry and trial stages, complete basic cleaning and records under supervision. At later stages, independently take responsibility within job authorization for area quality, chemical and equipment safety, and anomaly reporting.
Readiness evidence：Reference deliverables | On paper, mark the corridor standing-water risk and refer it to the site owner to arrange isolation and treatment; do not declare the route reopened yourself. Do not use X or guess its formula; refer it to the supervisor to verify its label / SDS. Stop using the damaged vacuum and hand it to the equipment owner; do not restart it before release. An ordinary-task schedule is 08:00—08:05 identify and report, 08:05—08:25 A, 08:25—08:40 B, 08:40—08:50 C, and 08:50—08:55 handover: 5＋20＋15＋10＋5=55 minutes, leaving 5 minutes; A and B both finish on time. Submit four fictional materials: an input and boundary table, a schedule and recalculation table, three anomaly handover forms, and an area-results and unreleased-items list. Real site hazards may change the entire schedule; follow organizational procedures first, and do not substitute exercise durations for safety judgments.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Seven-day plan (20—30 minutes daily, editorial suggestion) | Day 1: copy the exercise, time windows, and frozen operations. Day 2: check X / Y label information item by item and write that the unknown bottle will not be used. Day 3: schedule A / B / C and recalculate 55 minutes and 5 minutes spare. Day 4: write anomaly handovers for standing water, damaged equipment, and the unknown bottle. Day 5: list area results / unfinished items. Day 6: have a peer check the fixed inputs for omissions, overruns, and unauthorized releases. Day 7: revise the four work samples and record changes. Evaluation concerns recalculable deadlines, no omitted freezes, and clear handover recipients; paper exercises do not measure physical demands or confer operating authority.
Typical scope：Check area standards, product labels, and tool condition under experienced personnel's supervision.
Readiness evidence：Use employer checklists to retain supervised work, anomaly, and review records.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Transfer paths | Before changing careers, list transferable skills (cleaning standards and processes, chemical and equipment safety, physical work and tool use, anomaly reporting and records, and cross-area coordination), then specify the tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility required for the new role. Moving into housekeeping, groundskeeping, carpet installation, or first-line supervision requires the corresponding site, tool, or management evidence.
Typical scope：Check floor, replenishment, and ordinary refuse results separately, without entering repair tasks.
Readiness evidence：Area checklists distinguish completed work, rework, and unreleased items.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Ask the supervisor to review omissions before requesting expanded ordinary area tasks.
Typical scope：State areas, times, consumables, unfinished tasks, and reporting recipients.
Readiness evidence：The next worker can reconstruct status from records; unknown bottles and faulty equipment remain clearly frozen.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Use a rework record to revise standards and checkpoints.
Typical scope：Schedule ordinary cleaning for assigned areas and periods, allowing for anomalies.
Readiness evidence：Consecutive shift records show completion to standard and resolution of issues.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Check which equipment and products may be used independently and the stopping conditions.
Typical scope：Check quantities issued, packaging labels, and storage requirements; do not guess substitute chemicals.
Readiness evidence：Issue / remaining quantity tables match product information, with unknown containers reported.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Learn organizational inventory and safety information management.
Typical scope：Complete authorized pre-use checks; stop using and report faults.
Include the equipment number, observed facts, stop-use time, and recipient.
Typical scope：Demonstrate label checks, ordinary area procedures, and anomaly reporting.
Readiness evidence：New employees complete supervised tasks against checklists and receive feedback on errors.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Develop coaching explanations and observation records.
Typical scope：Assign areas based on personnel capabilities and site availability, addressing task conflicts.
Readiness evidence：Schedules identify coverage, handovers, and tasks beyond authority that cannot be assigned.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Learn quality sampling and complaint handovers.
Typical scope：Sample results, rework, and unreleased items against organizational standards.
Readiness evidence：Trace quality issues to areas, shifts, responsible persons, and review results.
Check area standards, labels, equipment, and pedestrian traffic; do not release anomalies yourself.
After training, complete ordinary areas within authorization and check quality.
Record consumables, rework, faults, and unfinished tasks.
Assign personnel and conduct sampling after obtaining job authorization; seniority does not automatically expand authority.
321,800 average annual openings for 2025—2035, including growth and replacement needs; not net new jobs or real-time vacancies.
Does not establish：Cannot establish individual hiring probabilities.
Mainland China · Janitors and Building Cleaners
Insufficient evidence: after consulting the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin, this page did not establish a mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation. Industry averages, advertised salaries, and U.S. figures are not used to fill the gap.
National wages for the precise occupation
Industry averages do not provide this precise occupation's wage distribution.
Does not establish：Cannot fill the occupational median gap.
Mainland China · Building cleaning recruitment leads
Insufficient evidence: this search found government recruitment announcement leads in Miyun, Yuhuatai, and Banan, but body retrieval timed out or was denied, so employer—task—location checks were not completed.
Valid recruitment sample
Leads do not count as verified valid jobs; snippet salaries are not extracted to form an occupational distribution.
Does not establish：Does not mean recruitment is absent; no inference about recruitment volume or hiring probability is made.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Transferable skills | Shared foundations in related directions include cleaning standards and processes, chemical and equipment safety, physical work and tool use, anomaly reporting and records, and cross-area coordination. Each path still requires the tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility corresponding to its new outputs and obligations.
Build next：Skill gaps | Moving into neighboring fields such as housekeeping, groundskeeping, carpet installation, or first-line supervision requires the corresponding site requirements, tools and techniques, or scheduling and quality management evidence. Proximity supports comparison of directions; it does not mean automatic job transfer or mutual recognition of qualifications.
View career profileTransfers：Cleaning standards and personnel coordination
Build next：Scheduling, quality inspection, and team management
View career profileTransfers：Cleaning processes and hygiene standards
Build next：Guest room organization and linen standards
View career profileTransfers：Tool use and physical work
Build next：Outdoor green-space care and seasonal work
View career profileTransfers：Floor treatment and tool use
Build next：Carpet installation techniques and substrate preparation
View career profileTransfers：Facility condition observation, tool awareness, and repair-need reporting
Build next：Multitrade maintenance diagnosis, repair skills, and specific operating authorization; cleaning experience does not replace repair training
View career profileThis occupation keeps entire buildings clean and orderly, cleaning floors, carpets, walls, and glass, removing refuse, and possibly performing routine maintenance and reporting. Dishwashers mainly clean food service utensils; first-line housekeeping and janitorial supervisors manage schedules and quality; housekeeping cleaners organize guest rooms; groundskeepers care for outdoor green spaces; and carpet installers install carpets. Compare core outputs, authorized scope, and responsibility boundaries rather than interchanging titles.
Fit signals include consistently performing physical cleaning to standards, attending to detail and safety, understanding and following chemical and equipment instructions, and escalating anomalies or tasks beyond authority. Personality labels do not establish fit. Interest and personality tools can only help design trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility or performance.
Editorial advice is to trial schedules and summaries on fictional task sheets, checking omissions, conflicts, and unknown information. O*NET software skill mentions are not AI adoption rates, and the NIST general risk framework does not assess cleaning robot performance. This page provides no efficiency gain, replacement rate, or job elimination timing.
Tool output cannot replace on-site safety judgments. People must revisit the site and instructions, review key judgments, and take responsibility for surface material and stain treatment, chemical and equipment safety, anomaly reporting, and personal safety. Qualified personnel handle equipment repairs and work at height under policy.
Insufficient evidence: after consulting the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin, this page did not establish a mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation. Industry averages, advertised salaries, and U.S. figures are not used to fill the gap.
Insufficient evidence: this page did not obtain U.S. 2025 wage percentiles 25 / 75; the available data below retain their original units. For U.S. 37-2011 in 2025, median hourly pay is $17.71 and annual pay is $36,840. BLS OOH reports that the lowest 10% earned below $13.77 per hour and the highest 10% above $24.17 per hour that year; percentiles 25 / 75 were not obtained. OEWS includes incentive pay, commissions, and production bonuses meeting its definition, but excludes nonproduction bonuses, overtime premiums, profit sharing, and employer benefit costs. These are not starting salaries or individual take-home income.
BLS OOH describes typical U.S. entry as requiring no formal educational credential, with most learning on the job and some roles requiring or preferring high school education. O*NET Job Zone Three is a general preparation category, not a uniform training duration or statutory threshold for all cleaning roles. Courses, hiring, specialized operating permissions, and organizational authorization require separate checks.
First check labels / SDS, equipment, slippery surfaces, pedestrian traffic, and area requirements. Do not mix different cleaning chemicals; stop using and report unknown bottles and abnormal equipment. Medical waste, sharps, repairs, and work at height require separate checks of specialized procedures and authorization; household cleaning guidance does not replace medical procedures.
O*NET retains 351,300 average annual openings for 2024—2034; the newer BLS OOH period reports 321,800 average annual openings and 2% growth for 2025—2035, with most openings arising from transfers or exits. Do not combine the periods. Average annual openings are not net new jobs, current vacancies, or individual hiring probabilities.
Start with the 08:00—09:00 paper task trial: mark frozen hazards first, schedule A / B / C, and recalculate 55 minutes with 5 minutes spare. Follow the seven-day plan to deliver an input table, schedule, anomaly forms, and area list. This sample checks understanding and records only; it cannot demonstrate physical tolerance or confer on-site operating authority.
Evidence for China, the United States, global contexts, and specific jurisdictions is stated separately; conclusions about pay, employment, qualifications, safety, and AI must not be combined across scopes. The janitors and building cleaners page provides career decision and safe trial information; it does not replace local legal, medical, financial, safety, professional practice, or other professional advice. Any statement of insufficient evidence means only that a bounded search did not establish reliable data; proxies or model memory must not be used to fabricate figures. This page covers only the precise O*NET / SOC occupation 37-2011.00, Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners.
FermatMind research workflow
2025 annual wages; published 2026-05-15; retrieved 2026-08-31
Average Annual Wages of Employees in Urban Entities in 2025
Limitations：Not adoption rates, performance, or replacement probabilities.
Limitations：Not recruitment volume or a hiring guarantee.
Limitations：Does not replace employer procedures, local law, or individual case judgments.
Limitations：Industry averages cannot replace exact occupational wages.
Limitations：Not employer hiring or statutory permission.
Limitations：U.S. occupational scope; does not establish Chinese qualifications.
Limitations：Interpret the summary alongside the detailed occupational scope.
Limitations：Classification proximity does not mean interchangeable authority.
Limitations：Without figures, supports only unavailability or narrow-scope boundaries.
Limitations：Without figures, supports only unavailability boundaries.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Provides no generative AI or cleaning robot adoption rates, performance, or replacement rates.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：BLS OEWS wage data presented by O*NET OnLine; retains the period, employed population, geography, and units.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：U.S. 37-2011 statistics; newer projections are not combined with O*NET's older period.
Limitations：Methodological definitions, not wage figures for this occupation.
Limitations：U.S. occupational safety guidance; not Chinese operating permission, medical infection control, or a specific product formula.
Limitations：Household context; cannot replace healthcare infection control procedures.
Limitations：A cross-domain risk framework; does not measure cleaning robot performance or occupational adoption or replacement rates.
Limitations：U.S. occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Author check on 2026-10-11 | O*NET 37-2011.00 provides occupational task and preparation context. The national wage page's 2025 percentiles are $28,640 / 32,240 / 36,840 / 44,060 / 50,270 per year; employment uses a 2025 base year and 2025—2035 projections. NBS Tables 2 / 5 support only average annual wages for China's leasing and business services industry, not this occupation. AI analysis is task-level editorial judgment. The shared registry, Hero, and FAQ retain their original definitions; no claim of page-wide consistency is made.
| Handle stains and anomalies |
| Step five | Request supplies |
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| Step six | Hand over and review |
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Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Confirm formal post-repair release with the equipment owner.
Typical scope：Trial task sequences for comparable ordinary work while retaining safety and quality standards.
Readiness evidence：Old and new schedules, rework, and consumable records can be compared, with no unauthorized shortening of safety steps.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：The supervisor confirms whether to adopt improvements.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Clarify supervisory authority and matters requiring escalation.
Typical scope：Choose housekeeping, groundskeeping, installation, repair, or first-line supervision and check the new objects of work.
Readiness evidence：Work samples reveal gaps in relevant linen standards, green-space tasks, installation techniques, or management ability.
Credential boundary：Ordinary area work still requires employer training and authorization; specialized tasks require separate checks, not permission from this page.
Next moves：Obtain evidence for target job tasks and qualifications before applying.
