Pay for cleaning crews drives the price
Janitors, cleaners and building maintenance workers around the Orlando area brought in $18.25 an hour, on average, back in May 2025, while the U.S. average was $19.66. That number is the paycheck, not the bill you'd get from a cleaning company. On top of that, a company's rate has to pay for equipment, insurance, supplies, payroll taxes, supervision and profit.
Source: Occupational Employment and Wages in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — May 2025, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are the mean hourly wage for building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations.
Let's do the math
Say you've got a two-person crew in your building for three hours a night, so 6 labor hours. Figure those hours at $18.25, what the average hour pays around the Orlando area, and you're at $109.50 a night in paychecks alone, with nothing else counted yet. If a quote shows up way under that, odds are somebody plans to trim hours, skip tasks or send an uninsured crew.
The ways cleaning companies bill
| Pricing model | When it is used |
|---|---|
| Flat monthly rate | The go-to for ongoing cleaning. The company works out the hours, nails down a scope with you and sends the same bill each month. |
| Per visit | You'll see it when the crew comes once a week or less, and for one-off deep cleans. |
| By the hour | How porters, special projects and jobs with unpredictable hours usually get charged. |
| By the square foot | Shows up for post-construction cleanups and floor jobs, including strip and wax and carpet extraction. |
What pushes your price up or down
- Your square footage
- The more ground the crew covers, the longer each trip runs, and crew time makes up the lion's share of an Orlando cleaning bill.
- Your schedule
- Nightly service lands higher on the monthly invoice than a weekly visit, yet each trip usually costs a bit less once you're booking more of them.
- Your type of business
- Medical suites, kitchens and restrooms with visitors in and out all day keep a crew busy longer and need products picked for the job, unlike a sleepy office.
- What your floors are made of
- Tile, carpet and sealed concrete each take their own machines, and the sand and rainwater people drag in wear them down faster. Big floor jobs like strip and wax come as a separate line item.
- Getting in the door
- Late-night time slots, alarm steps and hallways of locked offices all shape the way the crew lays out its night.
Easy ways to spend less
- Don't pay for nightly cleaning in rooms that barely get used. A weekly pass might do.
- Have your floor work quoted apart from the regular cleaning, so each price is out in the open.
- Clear the way for the crew and give them a set time slot. Waiting around is time you're paying for.
- Insist on a written task list with a frequency beside every line, so the quotes can go side by side.