- The middle half earn between $14.47 and $17.63 an hour.
- Missouri ranks 32nd of the 50 states and DC for median pay in this trade.
- Missouri pays more than 6 of its 8 neighboring states.
- BLS counts about 15,360 house cleaners on payrolls in Missouri.
- At the state median wage, a cleaning company needs to bill about $99.02 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
House Cleaner pay in Missouri, bottom to top
BLS files house cleaners under maids and housekeeping cleaners, a group that also includes hotel and hospital housekeeping staff.
| Pay level | Hourly | Yearly | National hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $13.75 | $28,600 | $13.29 |
| 25th percentile | $14.47 | $30,100 | $14.59 |
| Median | $16.19 | $33,670 | $17.07 |
| 75th percentile | $17.63 | $36,670 | $19.03 |
| 90th percentile | $18.92 | $39,350 | $23.35 |
| Average (mean) | $16.41 | $34,140 | $17.83 |
Pay is bunched up in Missouri. The top tenth earn $18.92 an hour or more, about 1.4 times the $13.75 at the bottom tenth. Nationally that gap is 1.8 times, so the step from the bottom of the scale to the top is shorter here than in most places.
The floor is higher than nationally ($13.75 against $13.29) but the ceiling is lower ($18.92 against $23.35), which squeezes pay toward the middle.
The average, $16.41, is close to the median, so pay sits fairly evenly around the middle.
How Missouri compares with other states
Over a full year, the Missouri median of $33,670 is $1,840 less than the national $35,510.
In the state ranking, Missouri sits 32nd, between Virginia ($16.26) and Iowa ($15.68). The range runs from $12.19 in Mississippi to $24.81 in Hawaii.
Against its neighboring states, Missouri is in the middle: Illinois and Nebraska pay more, and Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Tennessee pay less.
BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs. Lower pay often comes with lower housing costs, so the gap in take-home value can be smaller than the gap in wages.
| Neighboring state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | $16.19 | $33,670 | |
| Arkansas | $13.44 | $27,960 | −$2.75 an hour |
| Illinois | $17.49 | $36,380 | +$1.30 an hour |
| Iowa | $15.68 | $32,620 | −$0.51 an hour |
| Kansas | $14.95 | $31,100 | −$1.24 an hour |
| Kentucky | $14.85 | $30,880 | −$1.34 an hour |
| Nebraska | $16.43 | $34,170 | +$0.24 an hour |
| Oklahoma | $13.76 | $28,620 | −$2.43 an hour |
| Tennessee | $14.83 | $30,850 | −$1.36 an hour |
How many house cleaners work in Missouri
About 15,360 house cleaners work on payrolls in Missouri, 1.8% of the 860,670 nationwide, the 18th largest count among the states.
That is 5.2 of every 1,000 jobs in Missouri, close to the trade's share of jobs nationally.
What a cleaning company in Missouri should charge
A lower wage helps the price less than you might expect, because the overhead does not shrink with it. Here is a cleaning company in Missouri paying the state median of $16.19, on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers: 40-hour weeks, 10 paid days off, 2 unbilled hours a day, 7.65% payroll taxes, $90,000 a year of overhead and 15% profit.
| Step | Math | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Paid hours | 40 × 52 | 2,080 |
| Hours at work | 2,080 − 10 days × 8 | 2,000 |
| Billable hours | 2,000 × 6 ÷ 8 | 1,500 |
| Labor cost | $16.19 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $36,251 |
| Break-even rate | ($36,251 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $84.17 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $84.17 ÷ 0.85 | $99.02 |
That is $99.02 per billable hour, 6.1 times the wage, and $1.55 less than the $100.57 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $17.63 in Missouri, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $101.55.
A cheaper crew saves less than it seems: at the 25th percentile wage of $14.47, the rate only drops to $96.00.
At this wage, overhead is most of the price: $60 of every billed hour goes to it before anyone is paid. Spreading the same overhead over more billable hours, with a second person or less drive time, brings the rate down fastest.
Run it with your own numbers in the labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Working as a house cleaner in Missouri
- Running the business. Quotes, invoices, booking and your website in one place: how cleaning companies run on Koira.
- Getting found. The free Koira report checks how your business shows up in search and on maps against shops near you.
Where these numbers come from
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
The figures are the BLS state estimates for SOC 37-2012, maids and housekeeping cleaners, across all industries, read straight from the May 2025 state data file. They cover wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. Where BLS did not publish a figure, this page leaves it out.
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