{"id":39468,"date":"2022-01-12T11:28:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T11:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mag.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/pro-domestic-cleaner-salary\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:45:02","slug":"pro-domestic-cleaner-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/pro-domestic-cleaner-salary\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic cleaner salary: How much does a domestic cleaner earn?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The <b>domestic cleaner<\/b>, also known as a housekeeper, can work for individuals, in agencies or for companies. In the latter case, the domestic cleaner is <b>in charge of maintaining cleanliness<\/b> at the office or a workspace.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6001 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mag.wecasa.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/menage-wecasa61.jpg\" alt=\"Wecasa cleaning lady dusting the living-room\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the domestic cleaner&#8217;s salary may vary depending on the tasks assigned to them.\u00a0Below, you will find all the essential information about the salary of a domestic cleaner according to various criteria.<\/p>\n<h2>The job of domestic cleaner: What does he or she do?<\/h2>\n<p>The main job of a housekeeper is to take care of the cleaning of a place. This involves many very varied tasks which are defined by his or her contract.<\/p>\n<p>If you aspire to become a domestic cleaner, your daily work tasks will consist of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>vacuuming<\/li>\n<li>dusting<\/li>\n<li>ironing<\/li>\n<li>tidying up<\/li>\n<li>and washing clothes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You could also be asked to do other cleaning related tasks if the client desires.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to where you can work, <b>you will have three options: <\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Work in an agency<\/li>\n<li>In private homes<\/li>\n<li>Within a company<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you choose to work for a company, you will have to work late at night or early in the morning. Regarding the salary, you will receive at least the minimum wage, which is assessed at <strong>\u00a38.91 gross per hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Housekeeper salary for an individual<\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to work your own hours and become a domestic cleaner for individuals, outside an agency? Note that the salary scale for the position of housekeeper in an individual varies according to several criteria, in particular:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Age<\/li>\n<li>The experience<\/li>\n<li>Sector or location<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the start of their career, a domestic cleaner at a private home will be paid around \u00a38.91 net per hour, against a remuneration of <strong>\u00a311.20 to \u00a314 net per hour<\/strong> at the end of her career (i.e. with more than 20 years of experience) .<\/p>\n<p>In mid-career (i.e. with experience between 4 and 9 years), the average remuneration is \u00a310 net per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The position of housekeeper in a private household is predominantly held by women, whose average age is between 50 and 55 years old.<\/p>\n<h2>Domestic cleaner salary in agency<\/h2>\n<p>Working as a domestic cleaner in an agency has certain advantages. The agency takes care of administrative procedures and finding clients.\u00a0In an agency, a housekeeper\u2019s salary is calculated according to his\/her qualifications, and transport costs must be included.<\/p>\n<p>However, even if the amounts invoiced to the client vary according to the services requested, your salary will always be calculated on the same basis. The latter generally varies between <strong>\u00a316 and \u00a318 per hour<\/strong>, without any additional charges from your pocket.<\/p>\n<pre>Related reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/pro-testimony-domestic-cleaner-london\/\">Roisin, Wecasa domestic cleaner \u2013 \u201cI am my own boss, I can book my own holidays\u201d<\/a><\/pre>\n<h2>Self-employed domestic cleaner salary<\/h2>\n<p>Does the idea of being your own boss appeal to you? Well, you can work as a <b>self-employed housekeeper<\/b>. To do this, you will have to declare your expenses yourself, which are calculated at 22% of your income, and pay them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/pro-easily-find-domestic-cleaning-clients\/\">Finding new clients for domestic cleaning jobs<\/a> when you are a housekeeper or domestic cleaner is not always easy. You will need to create awareness and a good reputation.<\/p>\n<p>The remuneration of a self-employed cleaning lady can vary between \u00a310 and \u00a316 gross per hour, according to several criteria such as:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The level of qualification<\/li>\n<li>The nature of the services and the tasks to be performed<\/li>\n<li>Frequency of interventions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A domestic cleaner can work occasionally, on CDI, CDD or even on a temporary basis. As part of a self-employed business, you can offer attractive rates to your regular and fixed customers, which may encourage your occasional household customers to use your services more often.<\/p>\n<h2>What training is needed to become a domestic cleaner?<\/h2>\n<p>To access the profession of domestic cleaner, <b>no diploma is required, <\/b>but the job requires some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/pro-how-to-find-domestic-cleaner-jobs\/\">skills to be considered a great cleaner and find a good job<\/a>.\u00a0However, if you want to easily progress in the profession, you can still opt for a Cleanliness and Maintenance Agent CAP. This <strong>2-year training course<\/strong> will help you master the tricks of the trade, and can be supplemented by a Civil and Business Security mention for a period of 1 year. This will help you learn more about and master the rules of health and safety.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of your status, the job of domestic cleaner requires you to be autonomous, meticulous and organized.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"reserverShortcode\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/pro\/cleaner-signup\" title=\"Become a Wecasa domestic cleaner\">Become a Wecasa domestic cleaner<\/a><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>The domestic cleaner, also known as a housekeeper, can work for individuals, in agencies or for companies. In the latter case, the domestic cleaner is in charge of maintaining cleanliness at the office or a workspace. Therefore, the domestic cleaner&#8217;s salary may vary depending on the tasks assigned to them.\u00a0Below, you will find all the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":39469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[701,702],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-pros","category-domestic-cleaner"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wecasa.co.uk\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}