Home / Building Cleaning Workers, All Other / Best Cities Best Cities for Building Cleaning Workers, All Others Cities ranked by purchasing power — where building cleaning workers, all others get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro 1.41 $70,570 $62,176 43% 2 New Hampshire State 1.38 $64,480 $60,830 29% 3 New Jersey State 1.36 $65,150 $59,881 33% 4 Massachusetts State 1.27 $60,660 $55,908 45% 5 Pittsburgh, PA Metro 1.26 $51,370 $55,535 28% 6 New York State 1.24 $61,580 $54,738 36% 7 Nebraska State 1.23 $49,740 $54,361 25% 8 Pennsylvania State 1.22 $52,140 $53,753 30% 9 Ohio State 1.18 $47,020 $52,013 27% 10 Indiana State 1.14 $45,340 $50,099 28% 11 West Virginia State 1.13 $42,010 $49,893 24% 12 South Carolina State 1.12 $45,230 $49,163 33% 13 Virginia State 1.12 $51,210 $49,478 37% 14 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro 1.11 $50,660 $48,947 38% 15 Michigan State 1.10 $44,880 $48,624 30% 16 Oklahoma State 1.07 $41,800 $47,232 28% 17 Oregon State 1.04 $47,310 $45,932 40% 18 Montana State 1.03 $43,700 $45,332 31% 19 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro 1.03 $41,250 $45,230 35% 20 Colorado State 1.02 $47,140 $44,725 47% 21 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro 1.00 $47,310 $43,887 45% 22 Washington State 0.99 $46,810 $43,625 49% 23 New Mexico State 0.98 $39,780 $43,239 32% 24 Nevada State 0.95 $42,040 $41,956 41% 25 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro 0.95 $38,650 $42,011 41% 26 North Carolina State 0.94 $39,180 $41,504 40% 27 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro 0.94 $49,530 $41,206 76% 28 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 0.94 $46,800 $41,489 51% 29 California State 0.93 $45,430 $41,039 60% 30 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro 0.93 $43,460 $41,078 46% 31 Georgia State 0.91 $37,440 $40,086 45% 32 Maryland State 0.90 $43,460 $39,799 46% 33 Texas State 0.90 $37,690 $39,425 44% 34 Utah State 0.90 $39,810 $39,731 45% 35 Florida State 0.89 $39,870 $39,281 52% 36 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 0.88 $37,520 $38,760 52% 37 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 0.87 $44,590 $38,275 61% 38 Delaware State 0.86 $38,100 $37,723 43% 39 Tennessee State 0.84 $34,040 $37,202 44% 40 Louisiana State 0.71 $28,260 $31,365 45%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).