How to become a hotel cleaner
Official title: Hotel cleaner
Also called: Motel cleaner, Motel cleaner
Hotel cleaner performs cleaning duties to keep the hotel building in a clean and orderly condition. He/she cleans floors, shampoos rugs, washes walls and glass, and removes rubbish. He/she may also perform routine maintenance activities, and notify management of need for the repairs.
Main tasks
- Sweeping or vacuum-cleaning, washing and polishing floors, furniture and other fixtures in buildings
- Picking up rubbish, emptying garbage containers and taking contents to waste areas for removal
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $24,228 a year. The middle half earn $21,600 to $27,288 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Housekeeping/Linen room attendant
- Table-top cleaner
- Dishwasher
- Office/Commercial/Industrial establishment indoor cleaner
- Office/Commercial/Industrial establishment outdoor cleaner
- Office/Commercial/Industrial establishment multi-skilled cleaner cum machine operator
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Questions people ask
How much does a hotel cleaner earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $24,228 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $21,600 to $27,288.
Will AI change the work of a hotel cleaner?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026