Compared with the local labor market
Custodian pay vs. Connecticut
Across all employers in Connecticut, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 28,740 people — is $37,960. University of Connecticut pays a median base salary of $48,209 for this role, 27% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where University of Connecticut sits in the local pay range
$34,150
$35,470
$37,960
$47,150
$59,690
University of Connecticut median · $48,209
The bar is the range of annual wages for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners across every employer in Connecticut, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows University of Connecticut’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. University of Connecticut’s median base salary is 31% above that national figure, about the 85th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$28,640
$32,240
$36,840
$44,060
$50,270
University of Connecticut median · $48,209
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 Connecticut range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 6 of 8 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 University of Connecticut is $98,324, 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.