Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- About average employment outlook (+2.5% by 2034)
- 2,600 openings/yr
- Median pay $42,360/yr
Occupation · SOC 37-2019.00
All building cleaning workers not listed separately.
Also called: Air Purifier Servicer · Building Pressure Washer · Campground Attendant · Chimney Sweep · Chimney Sweeper · Disease Control Inspector · Duct Cleaner · Hand Rug Cleaner · Insect Control Inspector · Light Fixture Servicer · Rug Cleaner · Tree Trimmer Helper
Job family: Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations
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A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
about 2,600 openings a year (+2.5% projected, BLS) . What exposure means →
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
This is a broad “All Other” catch-all that groups many different jobs, so treat the figures below as a rough average for the category, not a precise estimate for any single role within it.
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | About average · +2.5% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 2,600 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 18,100 → 18,500 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international 2 occupations below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Other Cleaning Workers · 9129 | 10% | Not exposed |
| Building Structure Cleaners · 7133 | 9% | Not exposed |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $30,640 |
| 25th percentile | $35,610 |
| Median (50th) | $42,360 |
| 75th percentile | $48,400 |
| 90th percentile | $61,640 |
| People employed | 16,370 |
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and Food Services · Sector | 1,820 | $39,660 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector | 730 | $46,370 |
| Casino Hotels · National industry | 700 | $44,090 |
| Construction · Sector | 560 | $47,500 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 540 | $37,430 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Sector | 230 | $37,990 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | 150 | $38,200 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing · Sector | 120 | $41,780 |
| Transportation and Warehousing · Sector | 80 | $45,850 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 80 | $39,440 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 50 | $35,750 |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors · National industry | 40 | $43,890 |
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Casino Hotels · National industry | 19.56× | 700 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector | 1.55× | 730 |
| Accommodation and Food Services · Sector | 1.2× | 1,820 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Sector | 0.82× | 230 |
| Construction · Sector | 0.65× | 560 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing · Sector | 0.48× | 120 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 0.22× | 540 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | 0.11× | 150 |
Options the data surfaces for Building Cleaning Workers, All Other — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
How people typically prepare for this work.
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 3rd percentile of 427 international occupations.
Building Cleaning Workers, All Other: $42,360 median pay, employment about average through 2034
Building Cleaning Workers, All Other: $42,360 median pay, employment about average through 2034 • The occupation is projected to see about 2,600 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be about average (+2.5%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $42,360, across about 16,370 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) Source: Singulariki — "Building Cleaning Workers, All Other". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-37-2019-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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Every line is built only from figures this page already shows and cites. AI task overlap means what today's AI can attempt — not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Singulariki. "Building Cleaning Workers, All Other." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-37-2019-00
Singulariki. (2026). Building Cleaning Workers, All Other. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-37-2019-00
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