Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners build service orientation, time management and coordination skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants (86%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | 86% | $36,300 | +2% | None |
| 2 | Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 86% | $33,980 | −4% | None |
| 3 | Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 83% | $35,360 | 0% | None |
| 4 | Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | 80% | $34,890 | −2% | None |
| 5 | Fast Food and Counter Workers | 80% | $31,200 | −12% | None |
| 6 | Food Preparation Workers | 80% | $35,320 | −1% | None |
| 7 | Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers | 79% | $41,600 | +17% | None |
| 8 | Orderlies | 79% | $38,290 | +8% | None |
| 9 | Shampooers | 77% | $32,600 | −8% | None |
| 10 | Stockers and Order Fillers | 76% | $37,330 | +5% | None |
Compared with Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, median $35,510. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as maids and housekeeping cleaners (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
86% skill match · $36,300 · +2% pay
Service Orientation · Repairing · Equipment Maintenance
86% skill match · $33,980 · −4% pay
Judgment and Decision Making · Management of Financial Resources
83% skill match · $35,360 · 0% pay
Technology Design · Judgment and Decision Making · Operations Analysis
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants (86% skill match, median $36,300), Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers (86% skill match, median $33,980) and Food Servers, Nonrestaurant (83% skill match, median $35,360), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 12 pay more than maids and housekeeping cleaners at the median. The biggest increases: Transportation Security Screeners (+88%, $66,770), Flight Attendants (+79%, $63,580) and First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers (+38%, $49,100).
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.