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Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners pay in Longview-Kelso, WA and Modesto, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners is $46,590 per year in Longview-Kelso, WA. It is $41,230 per year in Modesto, CA. Longview-Kelso, WA is 13.0% above Modesto, CA 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 510 wage and salary jobs in Longview-Kelso, WA and 2,670 in Modesto, 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings