Compared with the local labor market
Custodial Worker pay vs. the Pittsburgh, PA area
Across all employers in the Pittsburgh, PA area, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 16,140 people — is $36,500. Facilities Management pays a median base salary of $44,824 for this role, 23% above that figure — about the 78th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Facilities Management sits in the local pay range
$28,150
$31,400
$36,500
$44,050
$48,480
Facilities Management median · $44,824
The bar is the range of annual wages for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners across every employer in the Pittsburgh, PA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Facilities Management’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 2,209,760 people — is $36,840. Facilities Management’s median base salary is 22% above that national figure, about the 77th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$28,640
$32,240
$36,840
$44,060
$50,270
Facilities Management median · $44,824
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Pittsburgh, PA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 43 of 55 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Facilities Management is $44,823, 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 jurisdictions
Custodial Worker beyond Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the median of $44,823 ranks #6 of 14. See Custodial Worker across all of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Custodial Workerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.