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Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners pay in Massachusetts and South Dakota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners is $45,580 per year in Massachusetts. It is $35,480 per year in South Dakota. Massachusetts is 28.5% above South Dakota 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 55,490 wage and salary jobs in Massachusetts and 8,630 in South Dakota. 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.