Facility & commercial rate benchmarks · Dallas
Commercial janitorial and cleaning rates in Dallas.
Estimated median rate: $46/hr, range $34-$56/hr, for commercial and facility-side janitorial and cleaning work in Dallas.
Estimated from O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor/ETA), from BLS OEWS metropolitan area wage estimates
Estimated median$46/hr
$34$56
What affects the rate
- Emergency vs scheduled: same-day or after-hours emergency calls run well above scheduled maintenance visits.
- After-hours and weekend work: typically carries a premium over standard business-hours rates.
- Contract vs ad-hoc: vendors on a standing contract usually price lower per hour than one-off, ad-hoc jobs.
- Code and certification requirements: trades with stricter local licensing (electrical, HVAC/gas) typically carry a premium tied to certification cost.
What's different in Dallas
- Labour market: Texas is a right-to-work state with comparatively low union density in the trades, consistent with the lower wage levels seen here versus Chicago and Seattle.
- Climate and seasonality: Hot summers drive sustained HVAC demand; occasional winter ice storms (as in Feb. 2021) can spike emergency plumbing and HVAC calls sharply for a short period.
- Code and licensing: Texas has no single statewide contractor license for most trades (electrical excepted); licensing and permitting are largely municipal, and the Dallas-Fort Worth metro spans dozens of separate permitting authorities.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this a real measured rate, or an estimate?
- This figure is an estimate, not a measured billed rate: it's Dallas's own hourly wage for janitorial and cleaning work (O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor/ETA), from BLS OEWS metropolitan area wage estimates, 2025), multiplied by a documented 2.5-3x service multiplier that converts an employee wage into a billed commercial rate. That multiplier covers labour burden (payroll tax, workers' comp, benefits, PTO), overhead (vehicle, dispatch, insurance, licensing), utilisation (not every hour is billable), and margin. It is not drawn from actual invoices or job records. Evalystar is building toward measured, job-derived rates for this same page as real vendor data accumulates. Shown below, not hidden, so you can check the arithmetic.Wagex Multiplier= EstimateLow$13.79/hrx 2.5$34/hrMedian$16.76/hrx 2.75$46/hrHigh$18.61/hrx 3$56/hr
- Why a range instead of a single number?
- A single average hides the real spread in the underlying wage data and in the multiplier itself. We show the low, median, and high ends of the estimate so the range reflects that uncertainty honestly, rather than implying more precision than a modelled figure can support.
- Is this a residential or commercial rate?
- Commercial. This figure tracks facility-side janitorial and cleaning work for businesses, property managers, and multi-site operators in Dallas. Commercial rates typically run above residential rates for the same trade, reflecting insurance, code compliance, and scheduling requirements that residential work doesn't carry.