House cleaning cost calculator

The median price of a residential house cleaning job in 2026 is $385, based on 214,077 cleaning invoices from 3,042 cleaning businesses (Tofu data). Deep cleans run a median of $454, move-out cleans $347, and post-construction cleans $507. Half of all jobs fall between roughly $260 and $760.

Most cleaning businesses land on a hybrid: hourly or per-sqft for the first visit, then a flat recurring rate once they know the home.

A move-out clean has a median price of $347, with typical jobs between $230 and $475 (Tofu data, 23,488 invoices). It is usually cheaper than a deep clean ($454 median) because the home is empty – no furniture to work around – even though the scope includes inside appliances, cabinets, and baseboards.

What move-out clients expect – and what to put on the estimate as line items:

• Inside oven, fridge, and cabinets
• Baseboards, doors, and switch plates
• Interior windows and tracks
• Bathroom descaling
• Landlord or property-manager checklist compliance (ask for it before quoting)

To price a move-out job, select Move-out in the calculator above – it applies the move-out baseline automatically.

Charge enough to cover four things: labor (your biggest cost), supplies and equipment, overhead (insurance, fuel, software, marketing), and profit margin. A price that only covers labor is a wage, not a business. Work backwards from the market medians above, then adjust for your costs and your local demand.

Is $50 an hour good for house cleaning? Yes, in most US markets. At $50 per cleaner-hour, a typical regular clean (about 7 person-hours for a 3-bed, 2-bath home) comes to $350 – close to the $385 median we see across real invoices. Dense metro areas and specialty cleans support higher rates.

Three pricing mistakes we see most often in the invoice data:

1. Quoting the first visit like a recurring visit. First-time and one-off cleans have a median of $483 vs $385 for regular residential cleans – the first visit is more work. Price it separately.
2. Skipping the walkthrough on condition-heavy jobs. Post-construction and hoarding-adjacent jobs vary too much for sight-unseen quotes; the p25–p75 spread on post-construction is $323–$1,034.
3. Leaving add-ons inside the base price. Inside oven, fridge, windows, and laundry are separate line items on the invoices that get paid without pushback – itemize them.

For the full pricing playbook – rates by trade, seasonality, and what solo operators charge vs teams – see our guide on how much to charge and how to price cleaning jobs.

A worked example. Deep clean, 2,000 sq ft, 3 bedrooms / 2 bathrooms, plus two add-ons – here is how it goes out as an estimate:

Clients say yes faster to itemized estimates: they can see what costs what, and you can drop a line item instead of discounting the whole job.