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Building Cleaning Workers, All Other pay in Florida and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Building Cleaning Workers, All Other is $39,870 per year in Florida. It is $65,150 per year in New Jersey. Florida is 38.8% below New Jersey 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 870 wage and salary jobs in Florida and Not published in New Jersey. 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.