How much do Building Cleaning Workers, All Other make in Pittsburgh, PA?

Percentile spread

For Building Cleaning Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $44,340 and the 90th percentile is $73,840. The difference is $29,500, which is 57.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $48,860 to the 75th at $73,840, covers $24,980.

The mean annual wage is $55,900, which sits above the median of $51,370. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Pittsburgh, PA median is 16.6% higher than the national median of $44,040 for Building Cleaning Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,262, which is 23.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $52,140.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Pittsburgh, PA is 94.671, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,370 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Building Cleaning Workers, All Other at $54,262 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Building Cleaning Workers, All Other. Pittsburgh, PA ranks 1st of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 170 miles away, with a median of $46,800 and employment of 180. That median is 8.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,982, against $54,262 here.
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 193 miles away, with a median of $43,460. That median is 15.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,594, against $54,262 here.

Employment share

Building Cleaning Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Pittsburgh, PA (130 of 1,114,490). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (17,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.05 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.