How much do Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners make in Mayaguez, PR?

Percentile spread

For Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $30,400. The difference is $8,560, which is 39.0% 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 $21,840 to the 75th at $25,400, covers $3,560.

The mean annual wage is $24,390, which sits above the median of $21,960. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mayaguez, PR median is 40.4% lower than the national median of $36,840 for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners.

It is 0.3% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $21,890.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mayaguez, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners. Mayaguez, PR ranks 4th of 6 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).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 26 miles away, with a median of $22,010 and employment of 1,160. That median is 0.2% higher than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 2,940. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $22,490 and employment of 760. That median is 2.4% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners accounts for 2.9% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (1,520 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 1.4% of employment (2,209,760 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.05 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.