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title: "First-Line Supervisor of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers"
description: "Directly supervise and coordinate work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other establishments."
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# First-Line Supervisor of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

**Category:** Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance · **SOC code:** 37-1011 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 37-1011.00

Directly supervise and coordinate work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other establishments.

Also advertised as: Building Services Supervisor; Buildings and Grounds Supervisor; Custodian Supervisor; Environmental Services Supervisor (EVS); Executive Housekeeper; Housekeeping Supervisor; Janitorial Supervisor; Laundry Supervisor.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $49,100 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $23.61/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $35,520 to $76,430, with the middle half between $40,100 and $62,600
- **Total US employment:** 178,760
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +3.2% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 30,800 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 61/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 178,760 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $35,520 |
| 25th | $40,100 |
| 50th (median) | $49,100 |
| 75th | $62,600 |
| 90th | $76,430 |
| Mean (average) | $53,320 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WA | $63,550 | $59,385 | 2,910 |
| RI | $63,520 | $62,104 | 800 |
| CA | $61,470 | $55,518 | 18,060 |
| NY | $60,580 | $56,134 | 11,620 |
| MA | $59,760 | $56,507 | 4,000 |
| VT | $59,340 | $60,577 | 420 |
| HI | $59,060 | $53,715 | 1,500 |
| CT | $57,200 | $55,207 | 2,110 |
| AK | $56,690 | $55,384 | 600 |
| OR | $56,210 | $54,382 | 2,470 |
| ME | $55,810 | $57,506 | 670 |
| NH | $55,200 | $52,993 | 750 |
| NJ | $55,170 | $50,705 | 5,600 |
| CO | $55,100 | $53,468 | 4,070 |
| ND | $54,210 | $60,938 | 490 |

38 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 53 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-housekeeping-and-janitorial-workers/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-housekeeping-and-janitorial-workers.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 265,200 in the 2025–2035 base year to 273,600 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 8,400 jobs, or +3.2%. About as fast as average: 3.2% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 30,800 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** Less than 5 years.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 43.3% |
| Some College Courses | 19.2% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 14.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 12.3% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 7.8% |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 3.1% |

## What the work involves

- Inspect work performed to ensure that it meets specifications and established standards.
- Perform or assist with cleaning duties as necessary.
- Recommend changes that could improve service and increase operational efficiency.
- Confer with staff to resolve performance and personnel problems, and to discuss company policies.
- Recommend or arrange for additional services, such as painting, repair work, renovations, and the replacement of furnishings and equipment.
- Coordinate activities with other departments to ensure that services are provided in an efficient and timely manner.
- Issue supplies and equipment to workers.
- Instruct staff in work policies and procedures, and the use and maintenance of equipment.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Speaking — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Management of Personnel Resources — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Negotiation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Education and Training — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Personnel and Human Resources — importance 3.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Expression — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Information Ordering — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Recognition — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Enterprising (E), Conventional (C), Realistic (R).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| E — Enterprising | 5.70 |
| C — Conventional | 5.35 |
| R — Realistic | 4.14 |
| S — Social | 3.63 |
| I — Investigative | 1.38 |
| A — Artistic | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESTJ | 88.5 |
| ESFJ | 85.4 |
| ISFJ | 73.4 |
| ISTJ | 70.6 |
| ESTP | 61.6 |

Best-fitting types: ESTJ, ESFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [First-Line Supervisor of Office and Administrative Support Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-office-and-administrative-support-workers) — median $69,500
- [First-Line Supervisor of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-mechanics-installers-and-repairers) — median $79,860
- [First-Line Supervisor of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-entertainment-and-recreation-workers) — median $48,560
- [First-Line Supervisor of Production and Operating Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-production-and-operating-workers) — median $74,450
- [First-Line Supervisor of Personal Service Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-personal-service-workers) — median $48,590
- [First-Line Supervisor of Food Preparation and Serving Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-food-preparation-and-serving-workers) — median $44,080
- [First-Line Supervisor of Passenger Attendants](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-passenger-attendants) — median $62,840
- [First-Line Supervisor of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-construction-trades-and-extraction-workers) — median $79,920
- [First-Line Supervisor of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-helpers-laborers-and-material-movers-hand) — median $62,840
- [First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-landscaping-lawn-service-and-groundskeeping-workers) — median $58,430

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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