HOUSE CLEANING PRICING GUIDE
How much to charge for house cleaning
The 2026 US rates for standard, deep and move-out cleans — per visit, per square foot and by bedrooms — plus add-ons and a free calculator that turns them into a price you can put on your website.
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The short answer
Charge $140 to $220 for a standard one-time clean and $220 to $400 for a move-in or move-out clean, or $30 to $80 per cleaner per hour (Housecall Pro customer data, October 2026).
By the square foot, a 2,000 sq ft home comes to $200 to $400 for a standard clean ($0.10 to $0.20) and $240 to $600 for a deep clean ($0.12 to $0.30). Housecall Pro notes the per-foot range runs above its per-visit data, so use it to check a price rather than set it.
What moves your price: the home's size and bedrooms, the type of clean, the home's condition, how often you come (weekly and every-two-weeks customers usually get a lower per-visit rate) and extras like inside the oven ($30 to $50), priced on top. The calculator below works out a price for the home in front of you.
Charge per visit, not per hour, once you know how long a home takes: customers want a number up front, and you keep the gain when you get faster.
AT A GLANCE · OCTOBER 2026
House cleaning prices at a glance
| The job | Typical US price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Standard clean (one-time) | $140–$220 | Housecall Pro, October 2026 |
| Move-in or move-out deep clean | $220–$400 | Housecall Pro, October 2026 |
| Standard clean by the square foot | $200–$400 for 2,000 sq ft ($0.10–$0.20 per sq ft) | Housecall Pro, October 2026 |
| Deep clean by the square foot | $240–$600 for 2,000 sq ft ($0.12–$0.30 per sq ft) | Housecall Pro, October 2026 |
| Standard clean, 3 bedrooms (Angi) | $130–$200 | Housecall Pro, October 2026 |
| Hourly, per cleaner | $30–$80 an hour | Housecall Pro, October 2026 |
The same published figures as the full rate table below; the calculator works out a price for your own job.
FREE PRICE CALCULATOR
What should I charge for this clean?
Pick the type of clean, enter the home's size or pick its bedrooms, and tick the extras. The range uses the published 2026 US rates in the table below.
Suggested price
$140–$220
per visit — national range, standard clean (one-time)
A starting range from published US rates, not a quote for a customer. Time your first few cleans, check the range against your own costs (the formula below), then set your prices.
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RATES · OCTOBER 2026
House cleaning prices (2026)
Typical US rates per visit, per square foot and by bedrooms, with what a 2,000 sq ft home comes to. The bedroom ranges are Angi's, as published by Housecall Pro. On TaskRabbit, where homeowners book independent helpers, cleaning averages $33 an hour (October 2026) — against the $30–$80 per cleaner per hour Housecall Pro reports for cleaning businesses.
| The job | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| Per visit — national range | Standard clean (one-time): $140–$220 · Move-in or move-out deep clean: $220–$400 · Kitchen and bathroom deep clean: $125–$400 · Post-construction clean: $200–$1,045 · Housecall Pro |
| Standard clean — by square foot | $0.10–$0.20 per sq ft · about $200–$400 for 2,000 sq ft · Housecall Pro |
| Deep clean — by square foot | $0.12–$0.30 per sq ft · about $240–$600 for 2,000 sq ft · Housecall Pro |
| Move-out clean — by square foot | $0.13–$0.20 per sq ft · about $260–$400 for 2,000 sq ft · Jobber |
| Standard clean — by bedrooms | 1 bedroom: $75–$110 · 2 bedrooms: $100–$150 · 3 bedrooms: $130–$200 · 4 bedrooms: $150–$210 · Housecall Pro |
| Deep clean — by bedrooms | 1 bedroom: $90–$130 · 2 bedrooms: $120–$200 · 3 bedrooms: $150–$300 · 4 bedrooms: $200–$420 · Housecall Pro |
| Hourly, per cleaner | $30–$80 an hour · Housecall Pro |
Rates read off each publisher's page in October 2026. The calculator above uses exactly these numbers, rounded to whole dollars and to the nearest $5 from $100 up. Full source list below.
ADD-ONS AND ADJUSTMENTS
What to charge for add-ons
The extras customers ask for most — price them per job, on top of the clean.
| What | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| Inside the oven | +$30–$50 · Housecall Pro |
| Inside the fridge | +$31–$100 · Housecall Pro |
| Inside the cabinets | +$75–$230 · Housecall Pro |
| An extra bathroom or bedroom | +$30–$60 · Housecall Pro |
| Baseboards | +$25–$75 · Jobber |
| Laundry (one load) | +$5–$20 · Jobber |
| Inside windows (10 windows) | $4–$10 per window × 10 = +$40–$100 · Jobber rate |
Where a row shows a sum (a rate × a quantity, or a percentage worked out from published dollar ranges), the arithmetic is ours and the inputs are the publisher's.
THE PRICING FORMULA
How to price a house cleaning job
Six steps from your costs to the number on your price list.
Know your cost per hour
Wages (yours or your cleaners'), plus supplies, travel and insurance. If you employ people in the US, Housecall Pro suggests adding 15%–20% on top of wages for payroll taxes — confirm the rate with your accountant.
Time the home
Estimate the hours from the size, the bedrooms and bathrooms, pets and clutter. Time your first cleans so the estimate gets real.
Multiply out the cost
Estimated hours × your cost per hour, plus supplies. That's the job's break-even.
Add your margin
Jobber's flat-rate formula: (hours × wages + expenses) × (1 + profit margin). Jobber's and Housecall Pro's worked examples both use a 25% margin.
Check it against the market
Compare with the table: $140–$220 per visit for a standard clean, or $0.10–$0.20 per sq ft standard, $0.12–$0.30 deep, $0.13–$0.20 move-out.
Set recurring and add-on prices
A lower per-visit rate for weekly or every-two-weeks customers if your margin allows, and every extra (oven, fridge, laundry) as its own line.
The formula, worked through
Say it's a standard clean of a 2,000 sq ft, three-bedroom home. The market range is $140–$220 per visit, $200–$400 by the square foot, or $130–$200 by bedrooms.
Now check your own numbers. Jobber's example: $30 an hour in wages plus $10 an hour in expenses is $40 an hour; four hours is $160 to break even. With a 25% margin, $160 × 1.25 = $200.
$200 sits inside all three ranges, so “standard clean from $200 for a three-bedroom home” is a fair line for your price list. If you give weekly customers a lower rate, check it still clears the $160 break-even.
The formula and the $160 example are Jobber's; your hours and wages are what make it yours.
What to charge in your area
The ranges on this page are US national figures. Prices follow local costs: the Bureau of Economic Analysis puts overall prices in California at 110.7 against a US average of 100, and Arkansas at 86.9 (2024 regional price parities, released February 2026).
Housecall Pro's regional customer data for a standard clean shows the spread: $135–$250 in the Southwest, $140–$210 in the Northeast and $150–$270 in the Upper Midwest (October 2026). TaskRabbit's hourly averages run from $55 in Boston and Washington DC to $41 in Denver (October 2026).
Outside the US, treat the ranges as a shape, not a price: the relationships hold (a move-out clean costs more than a standard clean), but check what local cleaners list on their own websites.
Put your prices on your website
A price list — even “from” prices — answers a customer's first question before they pick up the phone, and it's the line an AI assistant can quote when someone asks what house cleaning costs near them.
If you build your site with Zarla, tell the editor “add a pricing section: standard clean from $200, deep clean from $300” and your prices go on the site, in a section you can edit any time. Want to see a finished site first? Browse house cleaning website templates or see how Zarla builds house cleaning websites.
Still setting up? Write your house cleaning business plan, and when the prices are set, read how cleaning companies get found on Google. Not licensed yet? Start with how to become a house cleaner. A price travels better with a sheet to go with it: hand the customer the free house cleaning checklist alongside the quote. Raising prices you set a year ago? The price increase letter tells customers a month ahead.
House cleaning pricing: common questions
Housecall Pro's customer data puts a standard clean at $140–$220 per visit and expects about 3–4 hours for one cleaner or 1.5–2 hours with two (October 2026). By the square foot it comes out higher: $200–$400 for a standard clean at $0.10–$0.20, and $240–$600 for a deep clean at $0.12–$0.30. The calculator above works it out for any size.
At the $30–$80 per cleaner per hour Housecall Pro reports, three hours comes to $90–$240 for one cleaner. Two cleaners for three hours is twice that.
As a wage, it's close to average — Housecall Pro puts the average house cleaner's pay at $21.01 an hour (Indeed, 2026). As a price you charge customers, it's low: once supplies, travel, insurance and taxes are in, businesses charge $30–$80 per cleaner per hour.
No. $50 an hour sits inside the $30–$80 per cleaner per hour cleaning businesses charge (Housecall Pro, October 2026). Whether it's enough for your business depends on your own costs — wages, supplies, travel, insurance and taxes, plus your margin — and the formula above checks it. Charge it per cleaner: two cleaners for two hours is four cleaner-hours.
A flat rate per visit once you know the home: customers want a number up front, and you keep the gain as you get faster. Charge hourly for a first deep clean or a home you haven't seen, then switch to a flat rate.
Housecall Pro's customer data puts a kitchen-and-bathroom deep clean at $125–$400; for a whole home, it quotes Angi's $180–$375, with $260 the national average. By the square foot, $0.12–$0.30. Baseboards, inside appliances and built-up grime are why it costs more than a standard clean.
$220–$400 for a move-in or move-out deep clean (Housecall Pro customer data, October 2026), or $0.13–$0.20 per square foot (Jobber). Inside the cabinets, the fridge and the oven are usually priced as add-ons.
Many businesses give weekly and every-two-weeks customers a lower per-visit rate, because regular service keeps buildup down and shortens each clean (Housecall Pro). Make sure the lower rate still covers labor, supplies, overhead and your margin.
Yes — at least “from” prices for a standard and a deep clean. It answers the first question before the call and gives an AI assistant a real number to quote. On a Zarla site, tell the editor “add a pricing section” with your prices, and change them any time. For a printed price sheet, the free cleaning price list template is a one-page list you fill in with your own prices.
Where these numbers come from
Every range on this page is read off a published source, dated below. They're US figures for residential work — typical, not a rule; your costs and your market come first.
- Housecall Pro — House cleaning prices in 2026: what to charge by hour, size, and city — dated October 2026, read October 2026
- Jobber — How Much to Charge for House Cleaning: Rates and Pricing Tips — dated March 2026, read October 2026
- TaskRabbit — House Cleaning Cost Guide — dated October 2026, read October 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — regional price parities by state, 2024 — dated February 2026, read September 2026
Put your house cleaning prices on your website
Add your town and your business name, and Zarla builds the site from that one line. Your prices go in a pricing section you edit by chat.
Already have a website? Bring it across →Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.