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PERM occupation, SOC 37-2011, #103 of 1,410 by filings
Janitors and Cleaners Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- Biggest sponsor
- CONTROLLED CONTAMINATION SERVICES · 37% of its filings
- Busiest state
- CA · 16% of its filings
- Major group
- Building and grounds maintenance · SOC 37
Weighing an offer for this job?
Where it falls among certified offers, and the four wage levels DOL sets for it by area.
Median wage
$25,418
all PERM $103,272
Filings
517
#103 of 1,410
Approval
67.7%
field 96.8%
Median days
471
6 faster than the field
What it pays
Where its median offer sits among every occupation, then the whole ladder of certified offers by year and by state.
Median offered wage
$25,418above 4%
Approval rate
67.7%ahead of 1%
Median days to decision
471 daysahead of 61%
Each bar counts occupations at that value. More
Who files it
The sponsors and firms with the most PERM filings under this code, the places the work sits, and who the workers were.
Sponsors filing it
- CONTROLLED CONTAMINATION SERVICES 191 filings · 76.4% approved
- GDI Services Inc. 86 filings · 88.4% approved
- HES FACILITIES, LLC 52 filings · 0.0% approved
- Cleanstar National Inc 39 filings · 0.0% approved
- DYCOS SERVICES, INC. 30 filings · 100.0% approved
- RW DANIELS ENTERPRISES, INC 13 filings
How this is counted
The employers with the most applications under this code. 411 of 517 filings, 79% of the total.
Firms filing it
- American International Immigration Law, PLLC 270 filings · 63.0% approved
- AMERICAN INVESTOR IMMIGRATION Law, PLLC 70 filings · 44.3% approved
- AG Immigration Law Group 7 filings
- General Counsel, P.C. 7 filings
- Krispin Law 7 filings
- Law Office of Shayne J. Epstein, PA 5 filings
How this is counted
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 366 of 517 filings, 71% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- California 84
- North Carolina 58
- Tennessee 54
- Illinois 48
- Washington 48
- Georgia 42
How this is counted
The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. These 6 states cover 334 of 517 filings.
Where the work is
- Fremont, CA 60
- Franklin, TN 52
- Alsip, IL 46
- Bothell, WA 43
- Marietta, GA 40
- Southfield, MI 30
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 271 of 517 filings.
- Every sponsor that files it, by state, approval rate, offered wage and time to a decision
- Every filing for it, PERM, wage requests and H-1B, case by case
Who filled these jobs, FY2016 to FY2023
From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.
Country of citizenship
- Bangladesh 913
- Brazil 543
- South Korea 531
- Vietnam 260
- Philippines 240
- Iran 198
Worker's education
- None 3,837
- High School 178
- Bachelor's 19
- Associate's 7
- Other 6
- Master's 1
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 2,159
- F-1 724
- B-2 123
- F-2 95
- E-2 45
- EWI 28
Schools
- NA 9
- N/A 7
- LYCEE SAINT LOUIS 3
- CHUNGJU YESUNG GIRL'S HIGH SCHOOL 2
- DONG-A TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL 2
- E E M HENRIQUE VERAS 2
Fields of study
- HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 33
- ACADEMICS 21
- HIGH SCHOOL 16
- NA 16
- GENERAL 15
- GENERAL STUDIES 13
The job itself
What O*NET says the work is, what the market pays it by BLS's survey, its outlook, and DOL's wage levels year by year.
- United States2,209,760 jobs
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAFremont
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TNFranklin
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INAlsip
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WABothell
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAMarietta
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
- median PERM offer
| Area | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $36,840 | ||||
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $44,180 | $38,813 | $43,742 | $48,672 | $53,602 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $36,130 | $29,016 | $33,051 | $37,086 | $41,122 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $38,470 | $34,341 | $37,856 | $41,371 | $44,886 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $46,490 | $39,582 | $44,450 | $49,338 | $54,205 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $35,940 | $28,642 | $32,365 | $36,088 | $39,811 |
How these figures fit together
BLS surveys employers on what they pay everyone in a job; DOL builds its four levels from the same survey a year later (the July 2026 wage year uses BLS's May 2025 estimates). DOL publishes levels by area, not nationally, so the United States line has none. Levels are hourly in DOL's tables; here they're shown a year at 2,080 hours, as DOL computes them. The metros are the ones holding the most of this job's PERM filings, placed by Census's county files.
The block is the middle half of what employers report paying everyone in this job, citizen or not; the ticks under it are DOL's four prevailing wage levels for that metro, the floors a PERM or H-1B offer is held to. More
DOL's levels for this job in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, year by year
Each July DOL resets the four levels from BLS's newest survey. A determination keeps the figures of the year it was issued in.
| Wage year | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | $38,813 | $43,742 | $48,672 | $53,602 |
| 2025-26 | $37,981 | $42,952 | $47,902 | $52,874 |
| 2024-25 | $37,690 | $42,099 | $46,488 | $50,898 |
| 2023-24 | $36,275 | $40,373 | $44,450 | $48,547 |
| 2022-23 | $33,987 | $38,002 | $42,016 | $46,030 |
| 2021-22 | $29,390 | $35,818 | $42,245 | $48,672 |
What the job is
Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.
- Preparation
- Medium Preparation Needed
- O*NET Job Zone 3
- DOL's education basis
- None
- Wage year 2026-27
- Jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.2%
- About 321,800 openings a year (BLS)
- Typical entry
- No formal educational credential
- BLS
Bright Outlook O*NET OnLine lists this job for numerous job openings.
The work, most important first
- Service, clean, or supply restrooms.
- Gather and empty trash.
- Clean building floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming.
- Monitor building security and safety by performing tasks such as locking doors after operating hours or checking electrical appliance use to ensure that hazards are not created.
- Notify managers concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems.
- Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures.
The education workers in it report
- 14%
Less than a High School Diploma
Titles people use for it
Cleaner, Custodial Worker, Custodian, Janitor, Building Custodian, Building Services Technician (Building Services Tech), Building Services Worker, Facilities Worker.
Related jobs: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment, Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers, Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners, Dishwashers, Recycling and Reclamation Workers.
This section includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database and O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. PERM Tracker has modified some of this information (the shares are rounded and only the top tasks are shown); what changed. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Against other jobs
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 103 of 1,410 by volume: 102 filed at least as many filings, and 1,307 filed no more.
- Just above
- Dentists, General 518 filings
- Just below
- Cost Estimators 511 filings
Other building and grounds maintenance roles
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. More
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. Wages inside a group still swing hard, because the group holds every seniority level and every metro.
- #112 First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 486 filings · 53 denied
- #121 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 433 filings · 79 denied
- #66 Landscape Laborer 907 filings · 268 denied
- #54 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 1,180 filings · 58 denied
- #29 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 2,363 filings · 129 denied
- #11 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 4,449 filings · 154 denied
The same job on H-1B
4 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $33,207 a year; the middle half ran $30,701 to $42,850. By state and year in the salary explorer.
Notes on these numbers
Reading the wage
A floor, not a salary survey: every level and metro mixed. DOL's four wage levels for this job, by area.
What the median is
The median wage employers committed to in federal filings for this occupation. It mixes every experience level and every metro, and it's a floor: the employer must offer at least the prevailing wage DOL determines for the occupation, level and county. Across all PERM filings the middle half of offered wages runs $45,178 to $141,357, so a figure inside that band is unremarkable whichever occupation it belongs to. The levels page reads DOL's OFLC wage search live.
What these numbers don't say
4 notes
- The code is the identity
- This one is SOC 37-2011. Two SOC codes can carry the same job title, so a title that looks duplicated on the ranking is two different occupations. Match on the code when you're checking a specific filing.
- A median isn’t an offer
- It's the middle of all 517 wages committed to for this occupation across the country, entry level and principal alike. The same role's medians swing hard by worksite, which the state map shows directly.
- Approval isn’t about the occupation
- The denial rate moves with what happened in the filing rather than with the job title, so nothing here is a property of Janitors and Cleaners Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
- Nothing here is pending
- All 517 counted here carry a decision date, because every case in DOL's disclosure files does, so a case still waiting is in none of them. The largest filer of this occupation is CONTROLLED CONTAMINATION SERVICES. Where the queue stands today is on the processing times page.
The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built
Weighing an offer?
Compare it against this median, then check the state map, where the same occupation's medians swing hard by worksite.
Setting one?
All 1,410 occupations sort together on the wages page, and denial rates show how outcome moves with the offered wage.
Filings newer than DOL's last published file can't be attributed to this occupation until DOL publishes them. The live list on the case search page carries them by employer.
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
O*NET occupation data: O*NET Database, USDOL/ETA (onetcenter.org) · data through Aug 16, 2026 · twice a year
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
BLS employment projections: BLS Employment Projections (bls.gov) · data through Dec 31, 2025 · yearly, each autumn
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
O*NET occupation data: What O*NET says each occupation is and takes: its description, tasks, Job Zone and the education workers report. A description of the job everywhere, not of any one employer's opening.
BLS market pay: What employers report paying everyone in each job, nationally, by state and by metro, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). Citizens and immigrants alike; not PERM offers.
BLS employment projections: BLS's ten-year projection of each job's employment and yearly openings, and the entry education it calls typical. A projection, not a count.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. The floors an offer is held to, not what anyone was paid.
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Waiting on a PERM case?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it