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Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners pay in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and Longview-Kelso, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners is $37,400 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. It is $46,590 per year in Longview-Kelso, WA. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 19.7% below Longview-Kelso, WA 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 8,980 wage and salary jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and 510 in Longview-Kelso, WA. 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.