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Building Cleaning Workers, All Other pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Building Cleaning Workers, All Other is $70,570 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. It is $45,430 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 55.3% above San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 37-2019 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 130 wage and salary jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and 390 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.