Carpet Cleaning Technician Salary by StateClosest available BLS figures: building cleaning workers not listed separately
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Closest available occupation (weak match): SOC 37-2019 Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
Closest available, and a weak match: BLS has no carpet cleaner occupation.
This is building cleaning workers, all other (37-2019), a small catch-all group.
The figure shown is the median for building cleaning workers not listed separately (SOC 37-2019): $44,040 a year ($21.17 an hour) in May 2025.
It is a labelled benchmark, not carpet cleaning technician pay.
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only, so it leaves out owners, the self-employed (including 1099 subcontractors), overtime pay and most bonuses.
What the BLS figure covers
These are BLS figures for every worker in SOC 37-2019 Building Cleaning Workers, All Other, the closest available occupation, a weak match for this title, shown only as a benchmark.
BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for carpet cleaning technicians, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.
Pay for Building Cleaning Workers, All Other by State
Median annual wage for SOC 37-2019 Building Cleaning Workers, All Other in each state, BLS OEWS May 2025, alphabetical. "vs. U.S." compares the state median with the national median of $44,040; it is not adjusted for living costs.
BLS has no state series for carpet cleaning technicians; these are the figures for building cleaning workers not listed separately, the closest available occupation, a weak match, so only the median and job count are shown.
| State | Median | Hourly | Jobs | vs. U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Alaska | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Arizona | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Arkansas | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| California | $45,430 | $21.84 | 2,590 | +3% |
| Colorado | $47,140 | $22.66 | 690 | +7% |
| Connecticut | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Delaware | $38,100 | $18.32 | Not published | −13% |
| District of Columbia | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Florida | $39,870 | $19.17 | 870 | −9% |
| Georgia | $37,440 | $18.00 | Not published | −15% |
| Hawaii | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Idaho | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Illinois | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Indiana | $45,340 | $21.80 | 300 | +3% |
| Iowa | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Kansas | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Kentucky | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Louisiana | $28,260 | $13.59 | 280 | −36% |
| Maine | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Maryland | $43,460 | $20.90 | Not published | −1% |
| Massachusetts | $60,660 | $29.16 | 160 | +38% |
| Michigan | $44,880 | $21.58 | 210 | +2% |
| Minnesota | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Mississippi | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Missouri | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Montana | $43,700 | $21.01 | 60 | −1% |
| Nebraska | $49,740 | $23.92 | Not published | +13% |
| Nevada | $42,040 | $20.21 | 790 | −5% |
| New Hampshire | $64,480 | $31.00 | 90 | +46% |
| New Jersey | $65,150 | $31.32 | Not published | +48% |
| New Mexico | $39,780 | $19.12 | 90 | −10% |
| New York | $61,580 | $29.61 | 1,280 | +40% |
| North Carolina | $39,180 | $18.84 | Not published | −11% |
| North Dakota | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Ohio | $47,020 | $22.61 | 210 | +7% |
| Oklahoma | $41,800 | $20.09 | 90 | −5% |
| Oregon | $47,310 | $22.74 | 340 | +7% |
| Pennsylvania | $52,140 | $25.07 | 750 | +18% |
| Rhode Island | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| South Carolina | $45,230 | $21.75 | 220 | +3% |
| South Dakota | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Tennessee | $34,040 | $16.37 | 220 | −23% |
| Texas | $37,690 | $18.12 | 1,750 | −14% |
| Utah | $39,810 | $19.14 | 230 | −10% |
| Vermont | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Virginia | $51,210 | $24.62 | 130 | +16% |
| Washington | $46,810 | $22.51 | 360 | +6% |
| West Virginia | $42,010 | $20.20 | 60 | −5% |
| Wisconsin | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
| Wyoming | Not published | Not published | Not published | — |
BLS does not publish this figure for Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming. BLS suppresses estimates it cannot publish reliably; no figure is estimated for them here and they have no state page.
Pay by employer industry
National median for building cleaning workers not listed separately (SOC 37-2019) by the industry of the employer, BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates.
BLS publishes no industry split for carpet cleaning technicians alone; these rows are for the whole occupation, the closest available.
Services to buildings and dwellings also includes janitorial, landscaping and pest control firms; BLS publishes no carpet cleaning industry line, so that row is not carpet cleaning company pay.
| Employer industry | Median | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All industries (the national figure above) | $44,040 | $21.17 | 17,210 |
| Services to Buildings and Dwellings | $44,450 | $21.37 | 12,080 |
Selected industries only; the first row covers every industry.