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House cleaning price book: starting hours for 13 jobs
The 13 jobs on Workeey's cleaning price list template, each with a starting number of hours and a starting rate from government data. Open the price book builder to price them for your state with your own numbers.
How these numbers are made
The rate starts from government data on what employees are paid and what employers pay on top (BLS), turned into a self-employed rate by our hourly rate calculator's math; no parts are listed for these jobs, so add your own supplies in the parts box if you charge for them; job hours are starting guesses, so set your own. This is not what others charge.
The starting rate
The BLS median pay for Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners (SOC 37-2012) nationally, May 2025: $17.07 an hour, $35,510 a year.
On top of pay, employers of service occupations spend about 20.9% more on health and other insurance, retirement and payroll taxes (BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026): $42,939 a year in all. Paid leave and supplemental pay (overtime, bonuses) are left out.
The hourly rate calculator treats that $42,939 as your profit before tax, sets 25% aside for income and self-employment tax ($32,204 to take home), adds $15,000 of business costs (van, fuel, insurance, tools, phone), and spreads the $57,939 over the 1,404 hours a year you can bill (48 weeks × 45 hours × 65% billable): $41.27 an hour.
So this starts from what the same work costs an employer, not from what an employee takes home.
That is the national starting point. In the price book builder pick your state, and your metro area where BLS publishes one, and the rate starts from that pay instead; or type your own.
The 13 jobs
| Hours | Parts | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard clean, 1 bedroom (per visit) | 2 | No parts listed | $82.54 |
| Standard clean, 2 bedrooms (per visit) | 3 | No parts listed | $123.81 |
| Standard clean, 3 bedrooms (per visit) | 3.5 | No parts listed | $144.45 |
| Standard clean, 4 bedrooms (per visit) | 4.5 | No parts listed | $185.72 |
| Deep clean, 2 bedrooms (per visit) | 5 | No parts listed | $206.35 |
| Deep clean, 3 bedrooms (per visit) | 6.5 | No parts listed | $268.26 |
| Move-in or move-out clean (per 100 sq ft) | 0.4 | No parts listed | $16.51 |
| Inside the oven (each) | 0.75 | No parts listed | $30.95 |
| Inside the fridge (each) | 0.75 | No parts listed | $30.95 |
| Inside kitchen cabinets (per kitchen) | 1 | No parts listed | $41.27 |
| Interior windows (per window) | 0.15 | No parts listed | $6.19 |
| Change bed linens (per bed) | 0.25 | No parts listed | $10.32 |
| Laundry, wash and fold (per load) | 0.75 | No parts listed | $30.95 |
Hours are a typical estimate to start from, set your own. No parts are listed for these jobs. Price = hours × rate + parts × (1 + 20%). Not what others charge.
Parts
No parts are listed for house cleaning jobs: the supplies are yours to add in the parts box if you charge for them.
Rows on the template that are not jobs
The cleaning price list template also has rows that are charges or terms, not jobs, so the builder does not price them: hourly cleaning (your hourly rate, set above); weekly or every-two-weeks visits (a discount, not a job).
Sources
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners (37-2012); data read November 6, 2026
- BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026, service occupations; read November 6, 2026
- IRS standard mileage rate, 2026 (travel in the builder)
Keep your prices in Workeey
Keep your prices in Workeey: put your hourly rate and parts markup in its rates once, and every line you type on an estimate with a name and a price is saved and offered on the next one, so your price book builds itself as you quote. Start free.