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About how many janitors and building cleaners are employed across the United States?

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close to one-third

About what share of total commercial building energy use goes to space heating alone?

Heating remains the single largest energy draw in most commercial buildings across the country.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, CBECS (2018) eia.gov

460,400 jobs

About how many property, real estate and community association managers are employed in the U.S.?

This occupational group includes many of the people who manage day-to-day building operations.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025) bls.gov

$36,840 per year

What is the median annual wage for a janitor or building cleaner in the U.S.?

That works out to about $17.71 an hour for the roughly 2.4 million people in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025) bls.gov

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