Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,072
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$6,108
14.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,227
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$42,180
Kept after tax
$36,072
Worth in national money
$33,227
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays maids and housekeeping cleaners a middle wage of $42,180, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 18.78% above the national middle.
- Against 493 occupations Washington publishes, maids and housekeeping cleaners lands at 464. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $42,180 the take-home is $36,072; in national-average money that behaves like $33,227. The average comes to $42,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington's median for maids and housekeeping cleaners is $42,180, about 18.78% above the national figure and 5 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Washington, this work ranks 464 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for maids and housekeeping cleaners in Washington, on $42,180, is $36,072; deflated by the state's price level, $33,227. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $42,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,100 |
| This salary | $42,180 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Washington | $36,072 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,072 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,894 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $42,180 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,709 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of maids and housekeeping cleaners in Washington earn under $42,180 and half over. The published range runs $36,090 at the tenth percentile to $50,100 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $36,072, worked from $42,180. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 464 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,227, the adjusted value of that $42,180 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 464 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for maids and housekeeping cleaners in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,090 to $50,100; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Washington take-home of $36,072, on $42,180 for work ranking 464 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 464 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $33,227 — the adjusted value of that $42,180 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 464 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,090 at the tenth percentile, $50,100 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $33,227 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $36,072 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,090 to $50,100) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $33,227 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $36,072 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.