House Cleaning Price Calculator

How it works

labour hours = (1 h base for kitchen & living areas + 0.5 h × bedrooms + 0.75 h × bathrooms) × clean-type factor (standard 1, deep 1.75, move-out 2) · cost = hours × labour cost + supplies + travel & overhead · price = cost ÷ (1 − margin) × (1 − recurring discount)

Cleaning businesses price by time: estimate labour hours from the size of the home and the type of clean, cost those hours at what a cleaner really costs you (wage plus payroll taxes and insurance), add supplies and travel, then add margin. The time factors are typical starting points — a maintenance clean of a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home takes one cleaner about 4 hours; a first deep clean or move-out clean takes roughly twice as long. Recurring clients get a discount because each visit is quicker and the schedule is predictable. Track your real times and adjust the factors.

Worked example

A standard clean of a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home is estimated at 1 + 1.5 + 1.5 = 4.00 labour hours (2.00 hours on site for a team of two). At $18 per cleaner-hour plus $8 supplies and $10 travel, the cost is $90.00. A 25% margin gives $120.00, and the 10% every-two-weeks discount brings the price to $108.00 per visit — $27.00 per labour hour and $18.00 profit, or about $234.00 a month from this client.

Sources: U.S. BLS — Janitors and building cleaners: pay · U.S. SBA — Pricing your products and services

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