Cleaners and Helpers in Hotels, Offices and Other Establishments

How to become a housekeeping or Linen room attendant

Official title: Housekeeping/Linen room attendant

Also called: Chambermaid, Hotel linen room attendant, Hotel maid, Hotel room steward, Housekeeping attendant, Linen room attendant, Chambermaid

Housekeeping/Linen room attendant performs any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. He/she may make beds, replenish linens, clean rooms and halls, and do vacuuming.

Main tasks

Sweeping or vacuum-cleaning, washing and polishing floors, furniture and other fixtures in buildings
Making beds, cleaning bathrooms, supplying towels, soap and related items
Picking up rubbish, emptying garbage containers and taking contents to waste areas for removal

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: $23,400 a year. The middle half earn $19,200 to $27,684 a year.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How much does a housekeeping or Linen room attendant earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $23,400 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $19,200 to $27,684.

Will AI change the work of a housekeeping or Linen room attendant?

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