Custodian Supervisor

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

591 people hold the Custodian Supervisor role across 18 departments in California, with a median total compensation of $61,507. Among 3 jurisdictions where this role is reported, California ranks #3 by median pay.

Employees: 591
Median pay: $61,507
Departments: 18
Cross-jurisdiction: #3 of 3

Compared with the local labor market

Custodian Supervisor pay vs. California

Across all employers in California, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers — about 18,060 people — is $61,470. California pays a median base salary of $55,073 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 38th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where California sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$40,870

$47,850

$61,470

$74,120

$82,800

California median · $55,073

The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows California’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers — about 178,760 people — is $49,100. California’s median base salary is 12% above that national figure, about the 61st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$35,520

$40,100

$49,100

$62,600

$76,430

California median · $55,073

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 California range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 508 of 591 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 California is $61,507, 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

Custodian Supervisor pay in other jurisdictions

Where Custodian Supervisors are paid most

Los Angeles County

$102,187 · 37

City of Los Angeles

$96,765 · 27

Median total compensation for comparable Custodian Supervisorroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within California