How much should i be paying for house cleaning?

House cleaning companies and independent cleaners should be charging you about $30 to $40 per hour/cleaner.

If they charge you $30+ per hour/per cleaner
They should be paying for:

1. Taxes
2. Bond insurance
3. Liability insurance
4. Workers comp
5. Payroll
6. Cleaner salary
7. Owner salary
8. And if they provide supplies a small fee will be added

Charging you less than the average cost per hour, means that they don’t pay taxes, doesn’t have bond insurance and liability insurance. If there independent and work alone all you really require of the contractor is their bond, and liability insurance.

Cleaners pay must be between $11 to $20 per hour or more
Q. Why do they get payed so high?
A. Reasons for being paid up to $20 or more

1. Home cleaners are usually mothers with children that must pay baby sitting.
2. House cleaning is not a dream job, its a job no one wants to do. Less demand to ‘study’ for the job means higher pay.
3. House cleaning is not easy its hard labor, and dealing with clients who don’t understand their hard labor.

Since companies have many or low cleaners they must charge as if they were to be paying the cleaner $20+ due to:

1. not being a high demanding job everyone is thrilled to do, its hard to keep cleaners to come in at the last minute or to keep cleaning homes for more than 1 to 3 months.
2. New cleaners get paid the minimum wage, and the cleaners whom been there more than 4 months must be paid a higher wage because its rare to have a cleaner longer than 4 months.
3. Also, a lot of client cancel or reschedule without knowing the background consequences. For example if the house cleaner paid their babysitter $10.50 her hour to take care of her child or $21 per hour to pay for two children and turns out the client canceled at the last minute. The house cleaner will be required to pay the baby sitter $21 for that one hour or $42 for two hours because by the time the client canceled they had already arrived or soon to arrive. A lot to think about when you cancel services.

You then will have to keep in mind that your house cleaner must pay taxes and they have to add a percentage to the cost per hour. Additionally the other expenses that come along with having a house cleaning service. Know more on how much a house cleaner should charge.