Price a Cleaning Visit
The home
Your production & rates
Quote it, book it, get paid
Cleaning businesses use field service software to send quotes, manage recurring visits, dispatch cleaners and charge cards after each clean.
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How this price is built
- Base labor = square feet ÷ your standard speed + extra minutes for each bathroom and bedroom.
- Labor hours = base labor × the clean-type factor × the condition factor.
- Price = labor hours × your target rate per labor hour + supplies, minus any recurring discount, never less than your minimum.
- Monthly revenue uses 4.33 visits for weekly, 2.17 for every other week and 1 for monthly.
- Time on site = labor hours ÷ the number of cleaners.
The deep-clean and move-out factors are common rules of thumb, not fixed standards. If your deep cleans take three times as long as a standard clean, change your price accordingly.
How Much to Charge for House Cleaning
Price house cleaning from labor hours. Square footage, bathrooms and the type of clean drive how long the job takes; your rate per labor hour turns that time into a price. A flat price per square foot is easy to quote but undercharges homes with many bathrooms and overcharges large, open homes that clean quickly.
Rate Per Labor Hour, Not Per Cleaner Wage
Your target rate has to cover far more than what you pay a cleaner. It also pays payroll taxes and workers' comp, drive time between homes, supplies you don't itemize, insurance, software, marketing and profit. If you're unsure what that number should be, work it out with the labor cost calculator first.
Standard, Deep and Move-Out Cleans
- Standard or recurring: surfaces, floors, kitchen and bathrooms on a home that's cleaned regularly.
- Deep clean: baseboards, inside appliances, detailed bathroom and kitchen work. Usually the first visit for a new recurring client.
- Move-in / move-out: an empty home cleaned top to bottom, often including inside cabinets and appliances.
Recurring Discounts
Weekly and every-other-week homes are cheaper to clean because grime doesn't build up, and they fill your schedule predictably. A small discount for frequency is common. Make sure the discounted price still clears your target hourly rate; the effective rate result above tells you if it does.
Crew Size Changes Time, Not Price
Two cleaners finish a four-labor-hour home in about two hours, but you still pay for four hours of labor. Price on labor hours, then use crew size to plan your day.
Frequently Asked Questions
Estimate labor hours from square footage, bathrooms, bedrooms and the type of clean, then multiply by the rate your business needs per labor hour and add supplies. Set a minimum per visit so small homes still pay.
Start from your standard-clean labor hours and multiply by a deep-clean factor. Many cleaners use roughly 1.5 to 2 times standard time, but track your own jobs and use your real ratio.
Most residential cleaning businesses quote a flat price per visit so the customer knows the cost. Build that flat price from estimated labor hours so you're still paid for your time.
Move-out cleans usually take about twice as long as a standard clean because they include inside cabinets and appliances and the home may not have been cleaned in a while. Use the move-out setting and adjust the condition.
Many cleaning businesses offer a small discount for weekly or every-other-week service, because those homes clean faster and fill the schedule. Check that the discounted price still meets your hourly target.
