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Janitors and Cleaners
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.2% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #448 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $36,840 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 2.4 million in the US, with about 321,800 openings a year
The work, 13 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas38%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions12%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 529 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Arrange displays or decorations3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,323 conversations, and it got them there 65% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut trees or other vegetation1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate agricultural or forestry equipment1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 102 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 321,800 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 60% of the workMaids and Housekeeping Cleaners0% AI does, against 13% here+0.6% by 2035 · $35,510 · No formal credential
- Shares 51% of the workCleaners of Vehicles and Equipment0% AI does, against 13% here+3.9% by 2035 · $35,830 · No formal credential
- Shares 34% of the workHelpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons0% AI does, against 13% here+1.5% by 2035 · $40,470 · No formal credential
The wire
On the wire.
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How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.11, higher than 35% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 37-2011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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