Also called: Janitorial Company Owner
Owns a residential or commercial cleaning company with a team of cleaners.
You schedule crews for 30 homes, meet a new office client, handle a complaint about a missed spot and recruit two new hires.
Owner income is profit, not a salary, and swings a lot: the first year or two may pay little, while established owners do much better. Figures are rough typical ranges.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No degree needed; most clean homes or offices themselves for a year or so, then get a business license, bonding and insurance to hire a team.
Ways in: Self-taught, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration.
Growing about average. Steady demand.
Low risk for 10 years. Robot vacuums help, but cleaning homes and offices and managing crews stays physical human work.
Age 16+. One way to start: Start by cleaning homes for neighbors and family friends with your own supplies
Classes: Business elective, Accounting, Spanish or another world language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 37-1011.
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