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Average Janitors And Cleaners, Except Maids And Housekeeping Cleaners Salary in Syracuse, NY

Janitors And Cleaners, Except Maids And Housekeeping Cleaners in Syracuse, NY earn a median annual salary of $38,230, which is +3.8% compared to the national median. There are 6,010 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Syracuse, NY (metro area).

$38,230
Syracuse, NY median annual wage
$18/hour median
+3.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $36,840
6,010
Local employment
20.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.41
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$32,240
25th
$34,600
Median
$38,230
75th
$45,200
90th
$53,620

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Syracuse, NY, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
95.7%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$39,930
Goods: 99.7%
Services: 133.4%
Rents: 80.7%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Longview-Kelso, WA $46,590 Compare 510
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $46,550 Compare 43,160
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $46,490 Compare 26,820
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $45,970 Compare 1,250
Merced, CA $45,920 Compare 1,240
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $44,860 Compare 650

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Syracuse, NY

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Cardiologists $460,900 0.90
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $320,350 1.33
Physicians, All Other $286,920 0.81
General Internal Medicine Physicians $269,270 1.57
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $239,000 2.03
Chief Executives $216,610 0.60
Dentists, General $191,830 0.80
Family Medicine Physicians $191,510 0.49

Syracuse, NY has salary data for 523 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Cardiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Janitors And Cleaners, Except Maids And Housekeeping Cleaners in Syracuse, NY

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Janitors And Cleaners, Except Maids And Housekeeping Cleaners are projected to change by +2.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 351,300 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.