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Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners pay in Connecticut and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners is $37,960 per year in Connecticut. It is $45,580 per year in Massachusetts. Connecticut is 16.7% below Massachusetts on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 37-2011 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 28,740 wage and salary jobs in Connecticut and 55,490 in Massachusetts. 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.