For commercial cleaning operators

Price jobs and win bids with wages, scopes, and sourced answers.

From a local office clean to a multi-state RFP. Lock the work list before you lock the price.

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Price a local job, decode a full RFP, or draft a client-ready SOW in minutes.

Small operators usually start with wages, bill rate, and a clear scope. Bigger bids add an RFP scan for missing hours, supplies, and wage lines.

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Three items to price or clarify

High risk Federal wage rule (WD 2015-5233) is missing its revision date. Pay rates could change.
Price it Client requires a day porter, but left out the daily shift hours.
Clarify Paper goods & cleaning supplies are listed twice with conflicting rules.

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The State of Commercial Cleaning 2026

The annual analysis of pricing, labor, chemistry, and regulatory shifts across the U.S. building-services sector — every number traced back to BLS, Census, CBRE, IFMA, or ISSA.

$74.03B
U.S. commercial cleaning receipts
Census SUSB 2022
$17.71
National median janitor wage
BLS OEWS 2025
+4.8%
YoY supply cost inflation
BLS PPI
38%
Median gross-profit target (premium)
ISSA benchmarks
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Cleaning 2026 Pricing·Labor·Regulation

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  • BLS
  • Census
  • CBRE
  • IFMA
  • ISSA
  • DOL

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