U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) / Smithsonian Institution / Custodial Working

Job-title file

Custodial Working

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

12 employees hold this title in Smithsonian Institution. Median total compensation for the role is $44,557, below the department median of $91,039.

Employees: 12
Total payroll: $538.1K
Role median: $44,557
Agency median: $91,039
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$41,135$47,980+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 12 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Custodial Working pay vs. the United States

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 2,209,760 people — is $36,840. Smithsonian Institution pays a median base salary of $44,557 for this role, 21% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Smithsonian Institution sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$28,640

$32,240

$36,840

$44,060

$50,270

Smithsonian Institution median · $44,557

The bar is the range of annual wages for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Smithsonian Institution’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

Median total compensation for this role at Smithsonian Institution is $44,557, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

Custodial Working is held in 11 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Smithsonian Institution, the median of $44,557 ranks #5 of 11.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Social Security Administration

$71,647 · 1

Department of Treasury

$61,379 · 2

Government Printing Office

$57,914 · 28

Department of Commerce

$46,959 · 7

Department of Health and Human Services

$43,326 · 509

Department of Interior

$42,845 · 265

Armed Forces Retirement Home

$42,523 · 2

Department of Veterans Affairs

$41,197 · 12,538

Department of Agriculture

$40,738 · 35

Department of Homeland Security

$37,065 · 3

Median total compensation for the Custodial Working role in other U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)departments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Same department

Other job titles in Smithsonian Institution

Accounting 24
Administrative Officer 43
Architecture 38
Archivist 40
Astronomy and Space Science 43
Audiovisual Production 17
Auditing 13
Biological Science Technician 20
Budget Analysis 34
Construction Control Technical 32
Contracting 30
Ecology 17
Electrician 27
Electronics Technical 19
Engineering Technical 65
Entomology 11
Exhibits Specialist 109
Facility Operations Services 64
Financial Administration and Program 51
Gardening 13
General Anthropology 14
General Arts and Information 283
General Attorney 30
General Education and Training 36
General Engineering 29
General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences 48
General Physical Science 17
Geology 24
Horticulture 41
Human Resources Management 52
Information Technology Management 197
Laboring 22
Librarian 49
Library Technician 25
Maintenance Mechanic 63
Management and Program Analysis 71
Masonry 15
Mechanical Engineering 13
Miscellaneous Administration and Program 267
Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant 52
Miscellaneous General Maintenance & Operations Work 19
Miscellaneous Plant and Animal Work 91
Miscellaneous Transportation/Mobile Equipment Oper 310
Motor Vehicle Operating 14
Museum Curator 134
Museum Specialist and Technician 376
Painting 19
Photography 20
Pipefitting 14
Program Management 29
Public Affairs 32
Safety and Occupational Health Management 26
Security Administration 57
Security Guard 650
Support Services Administration 12
Utility Systems Repairing-Operating 140
Visual Information 51
Writing and Editing 26
Zoology 16

Record list

Employees with this title

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Carris Fields

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$47,980

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $47,980
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,980
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $47,980
Basic Pay (before locality): $47,980
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 8
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

At Smithsonian Institution, Carris Fields serves as a Custodial Working based in Washington, District of Columbia. Their 2024 pay totaled $47,980. They are classified at grade 03.

Harry Brittingham

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$47,980

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $47,980
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,980
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $47,980
Basic Pay (before locality): $47,980
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 0
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

Harry Brittingham is a Custodial Working at Smithsonian Institution based in Washington, District of Columbia. 2024 total compensation came to $47,980. They are classified at grade 03.

Roval Crawford

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$47,980

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $47,980
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,980
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $47,980
Basic Pay (before locality): $47,980
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 6
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

At Smithsonian Institution, Roval Crawford serves as a Custodial Working based in Washington, District of Columbia. Their 2024 pay totaled $47,980. They are classified at grade 03.

Rosario Cordero

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$47,980

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $47,980
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,980
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $47,980
Basic Pay (before locality): $47,980
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 9
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

At Smithsonian Institution, Rosario Cordero serves as a Custodial Working based in Washington, District of Columbia. Their 2024 pay totaled $47,980. They are classified at grade 03.

Dawn Thompson

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$47,980

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $47,980
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,980
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $47,980
Basic Pay (before locality): $47,980
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 14
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

Dawn Thompson holds the role of Custodial Working at Smithsonian Institution based in Washington, District of Columbia. In 2024, their total compensation was $47,980. Their pay grade is 03.

Leon Woodfork

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$44,557

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $44,557
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $44,557
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $44,557
Basic Pay (before locality): $44,557
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 3
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

Leon Woodfork works as a Custodial Working for Smithsonian Institution based in Washington, District of Columbia. Leon earned $44,557 in 2024. Their pay grade is 03.

Damarco Salley

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$44,557

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $44,557
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $44,557
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $44,557
Basic Pay (before locality): $44,557
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 2
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

At Smithsonian Institution, Damarco Salley serves as a Custodial Working based in Washington, District of Columbia. Their 2024 pay totaled $44,557. They are classified at grade 03.

Latavia Brown

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$42,846

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $42,846
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $42,846
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $42,846
Basic Pay (before locality): $42,846
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 0
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

Latavia Brown works as a Custodial Working for Smithsonian Institution based in Washington, District of Columbia. Latavia earned $42,846 in 2024. Their pay grade is 03.

Gerald Matthews

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$42,846

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $42,846
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $42,846
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $42,846
Basic Pay (before locality): $42,846
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 3
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

Gerald Matthews holds the role of Custodial Working at Smithsonian Institution based in Washington, District of Columbia. In 2024, their total compensation was $42,846. Their pay grade is 03.

Dashaun Cook

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$41,135

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $41,135
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $41,135
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $41,135
Basic Pay (before locality): $41,135
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 0
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

Dashaun Cook holds the role of Custodial Working at Smithsonian Institution based in Washington, District of Columbia. In 2024, their total compensation was $41,135. Their pay grade is 03.

Dominique Middleton

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$41,135

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $41,135
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $41,135
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $41,135
Basic Pay (before locality): $41,135
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 0
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

Dominique Middleton works as a Custodial Working for Smithsonian Institution based in Washington, District of Columbia. Dominique earned $41,135 in 2024. Their pay grade is 03.

Monay Jackson

Custodial Working/Smithsonian Institution

2024 total comp

$41,135

Sub-department: National Gallery of Art
Base pay: $41,135
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $41,135
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $41,135
Basic Pay (before locality): $41,135
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 0
Occupation Code (OPM): 3566
Pay Plan (OPM): WG

Monay Jackson holds the role of Custodial Working at Smithsonian Institution based in Washington, District of Columbia. In 2024, their total compensation was $41,135. Their pay grade is 03.