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Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners pay in Alabama and Hawaii
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners is $27,480 per year in Alabama. It is $51,600 per year in Hawaii. Alabama is 46.7% below Hawaii on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 37-2012 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 8,290 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 11,120 in Hawaii. 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