What do you pay your cleaning lady?

charmcitygirl · January 2011

Our cleaning lady, who has been cleaning our house for 6.5 years, asked for a raise today. I should have given her one a long time ago, but it kept slipping my mind.

We pay her $100. She cleans our house every 2 weeks. We live in a 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath townhouse.

I was thinking $140 - that way we can still hit the ATM and have the right amount of money when she comes every other week.

What do you pay your cleaning lady?

epphd · January 2011

That's about what we pay, for a similarly sized space and frequency. The base price is ~140 and then I leave a tip. It's spendy - for sure - but totally a sanity saver.

beebe929 · January 2011

$130 if every 3 weeks $105 if every 2

4 bedrooms, 3 baths 2800sq/ft (I think)

dana316 · January 2011

I pay mine $10 an hour...which amounts to $50 a week, as it takes her right at 5 hours to clean our two story, three bedroom two bath house.

kimarino13 · January 2011

$75. 1,800 sq ft house w/ 3br and 2.5ba. We have her come every other Friday.

bmf8140 · January 2011

Wow! I knew we had a good deal going, but I didn't realize how good.

We pay $65 (once a month). She doesn't do our full, finished basement, but does everything else. She doesn't dust baseboards or blinds, but does the floors, bathrooms, and dusts the furniture. Totally worth every penny!

cjsbdl · January 2011

I don't have one at the moment (but you just reminded me that I need to get on that soon, like before baby arrives!), but the last one we had charged $115. She came every four weeks and we have 3200 sq ft, 4 BR, 2.5 baths.

schmoodle · January 2011

We have 3 BR/2.5BAs (and you've seen our house so can compare sizes). We pay $90 every 2 weeks for 2 ladies. They don't do the basement. I also always give them an extra $20 because they work for a service.

BoxTer · January 2011

$70 every other week. 3 bdrm/2 bath.

LVBlvd · January 2011

$80 every other week. We have 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, 3500+ square feet. We live in a LCOL area.

OrangeSmoke · January 2011

We live in NYC burbs and we pay $80 for her to clean 3BR, 2.5BA.

We also have 2 other BRs that we barely use, so I only ask her to do those once a month. When she does, I pay her $100.

Every year, I give her a tip. I've been steadily increasing that instead of giving her a raise. last year we tipped her $250.

Daisy's mom · January 2011

$80.00 every other Friday for 4bdr 2.5bath home. I tip $20 extra every time since I found out my neighbor pays $115.00 for the same model home.

laura&dan05 · January 2011

MIne is cleaning as I type:) We pay her $75 for 2800 sq feet. She comes twice a month.

Soon2beMrs.Sivert · January 2011

We have a rotation price system. Where it varies from $130 to $90 every two weeks.

Mr.&MrsS · January 2011

I pay $70 every other week. But she doesnt do the bedrooms. She does kitchen, dining room, living room, hallway and stairs, and 1 bathroom.

ejgballerina · January 2011

$100 per visit for general cleaning of every room in a 2000 sq foot house. She usually comes every other week. She charges more for special projects like laundry or carpet shampooing, etc. I don't tip her since she is an independant worker and I pay her cash or via Paypal most of the time.

Magoy · January 2011

We pay $90 for her to come every other week. She does everything. Fans, blinds, cleans out the refrigerator, oven, she'll even wipe out my pantry shelves sometimes! She washes all the sheets and puts them back on the bed. And if I have a basket of unfolded laundry she'll fold/put them away. We have 4BR, 2.5 bath, study, and game room. About 2700sqf.

She's worth every penny! We also give a generous tip every year.

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