What Cleaners Earn in Europe and the Skills Employers Ask For

If you are weighing a cleaning job offer in Europe, it helps to know what other employers in the same country are actually paying and what skills they expect on a CV. The figures below come straight from live cleaning job postings on NewLuxJob, country by country, rather than from a national statistics office.

How much cleaners earn across Europe

The median is the middle value: half of the postings pay more, half pay less. The "middle half" range below shows where most job offers cluster, leaving out the highest and lowest outliers.

In France, cleaning job postings on NewLuxJob show a median salary of 21,034 euros a year, with the middle half of postings ranging from 20,681 to 22,404 euros. This is based on 1,192 job postings.

In Germany, the median is 28,056 euros, with the middle half of postings falling between 25,670 and 31,584 euros, based on 69 job postings.

In the Netherlands, cleaning postings show a median of 27,359 euros, with the middle half ranging from 26,074 to 29,232 euros, from 163 job postings.

In Czechia, the median is 11,123 euros, with the middle half of postings ranging from 11,123 to 12,376 euros, based on 1,132 job postings.

These four figures are listed country by country so you can compare the country you are applying in against the others, rather than against a single Europe-wide average.

Skills employers ask for in France and Germany

Job ads list more than just "cleaning" as a skill. In France, based on 1,023 cleaning job postings, "Cleaning" appears in 93% of ads, "Hygiene" in 49%, "Disinfection" in 25%, "Waste Management" in 19%, "Industrial Cleaning" in 10%, and "Floor Care" in 4%.

In Germany, based on 1,101 cleaning job postings, "Cleaning" appears in 100% of ads, "Hygiene" in 29%, "Building Cleaning" in 27%, "Disinfection" in 12%, "Waste Management" in 9%, and "Industrial Cleaning" in 5%.

Skills employers ask for in Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland

In Belgium, from 994 cleaning job postings, "Cleaning" appears in 100% of ads, "Industrial Cleaning" in 4%, "Hygiene" in 2%, "HACCP" in 2%, "Disinfection" in 1%, and "Waste Management" in 0%.

In the Netherlands, from 518 cleaning job postings, "Cleaning" appears in 99% of ads, "HACCP" in 2%, "Industrial Cleaning" in 1%, "Hygiene" in 1%, "Waste Management" in 0%, and "Disinfection" in 0%.

In Poland, from 154 cleaning job postings, "Cleaning" appears in 92% of ads, "Hygiene" in 20%, "Disinfection" in 9%, "Waste Management" in 7%, and "HACCP" in 1%.

Skills employers ask for in Sweden

In Sweden, from 397 cleaning job postings, "Cleaning" appears in 99% of ads, and "Window Cleaning" appears in 63% of ads. "Hygiene" appears in 3%, "Floor Care" in 1%, "Waste Management" in 1%, and "HACCP" in 1%.

What this means if you are job hunting

If you are looking at cleaning roles in France, Germany, the Netherlands or Czechia, the figures above give a benchmark range to compare any offer against before you accept it. If you are preparing a CV or cover letter for a cleaning role, the skills breakdowns show which terms employers actually use in their job ads in each country, from general cleaning duties to more specific areas like hygiene, disinfection, waste management, HACCP, floor care or window cleaning. Matching those exact terms on your CV, where they genuinely apply to your experience, makes it easier for employers and applicant tracking systems to see the fit between your background and the role.