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In cleaning that usually looks like a quote you did not get back to for three days, on a house somebody else had already booked. Pricing set once — standard, deep, recurring, add-ons — turns the quote into something you hand over before you leave, instead of a job for Sunday night.
Starter rates for standard, deep and move-out cleans, recurring visits and add-ons, calibrated to WV/PA. Edit anything and we will email you the spreadsheet.
The base numbers are calibrated to the WV/PA tristate area — which happens to be near the cheapest end of the national range. Pick your state and we adjust them using BLS wage data for the four occupations these trades actually employ.
Labor-led work moves most. Mowing in Massachusetts runs about a third above the baseline; a furnace install moves half as much, because the equipment costs the same everywhere and only the crew changes. The materials part of that is estimated, not measured — real per-state material indexes exist but are sold, not published.
It is a starting point, not advice. A state average says nothing about your costs, your crew or your reputation — so change every number before you quote real work, and tell us if we have got something badly wrong: we would rather know.
About $130 for a standard visit on an average three-bedroom home. Deep cleans run roughly double at $260, because you are doing baseboards, inside appliances and everything a standard visit skips.
Yes, and by a meaningful amount — around $105 weekly and $120 bi-weekly against $130 for a one-off. A house cleaned every week takes materially less time, and the discount is what secures the recurring slot that makes your schedule predictable.
About $300, and price it as a job rather than a visit. Move-outs are unpredictable — empty houses expose everything, and there is usually appliance interior work. Quote after seeing it, never over the phone.
$35 for inside a fridge, $35 for inside an oven, $60 for interior windows. Add-ons carry the best margin in the business — around 70% — because they take fifteen minutes and the crew is already standing there.
55–60% gross on labor-led work, once wages and supplies are out. Add-ons run near 70%. If a standard clean is below 50%, either the visit is taking longer than you priced or your hourly wage has crept up without the price following it.
They are the starter lists built into Anvil when you pick a trade — not figures written for this page. Treat them as a starting point rather than advice: what you can charge depends on your market, your costs and your reputation, and you should change them before you quote anything.