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Office cleaning cost calculator - price the office by the square foot.

Enter the office size, office type, and how often you service it to get a transparent office cleaning price range in seconds. Built for cleaners bidding office contracts who want a fast, defensible per-visit number - and for office managers checking what a janitorial service should cost.
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Type of clean

Standard open or cubicle office - workstations, common areas, restrooms and a breakroom on a regular schedule.

5,000 sq ft
50025,000+
Property condition
How often
Add-ons

Estimated price per visit

$495–$675

General office · 5,000 sq ft · One-time / first clean

Rooms & area base$585

A transparent ballpark using typical local ranges - not a quote. Your real price depends on your own rates, region, and the job in front of you.

What drives the price

How office cleaning is priced

Office cleaning is priced off three levers: the floor area, the type of office, and how often you service it. Once the scope is stable, most recurring office contracts are quoted per square foot and then billed monthly.

Square footage is the starting point: a recurring office clean usually runs $0.07 to $0.20 / sq ft per visit, with smaller offices near the top of that band because there is a fixed minimum amount of labor regardless of size. The office type then adjusts the workload - a medical or executive suite takes more time per square foot than an open general office, while a coworking space carries heavier traffic in its common areas.

Frequency is the third lever and the biggest driver of the monthly bill. An office serviced nightly stays maintained, so each visit is lighter and prices a little lower per visit than a one-time or first clean, which always takes the most labor. The calculator above models all three so you can move from a square-foot rate to a per-visit number you can put straight on a bid.

Office price list

Office cleaning cost per square foot

The first two rows are the published rates from the sources cited under the table; the size split below them is our own. Treat all of it as a starting point - local labor rates, after-hours access, and specialty work move the final number.
Office size / type
Office size / typeTypical range
General office (recurring)Standard recurring janitorial, any size$0.07 – $0.20 / sq ft
Medical / clinical suiteInfection control and disinfection protocols$0.12 – $0.30 / sq ft
Small office (under 2,000 sq ft)Fixed minimum keeps the per-foot rate higher · Estimaid model, not a published figure$0.10 – $0.20 / sq ft
Large office (10,000 - 25,000 sq ft)Volume lowers the per-foot rate · Estimaid model, not a published figure$0.07 – $0.12 / sq ft
Hourly (per cleaner)Used for one-time and unpredictable jobs$30 – $75 / hr

Source

Pricing tip for cleaners

Bid from your production rate, not a flat per-foot number. Time how many square feet your team cleans per hour for that office type, cost the labor, add supplies, overhead, and margin, then divide by the square footage to check it against the office benchmark above. That is how you win office contracts without underpricing the labor. The calculator on this page runs on Estimaid's own rate card rather than market data; our pricing methodology says which numbers here are published and which are ours.
By size

Office cleaning prices by office size

No publisher we could open prints a per-visit ladder by office size, so these are Estimaid's own figures: the published $0.07 to $0.20 / sq ft band applied to each floor area, with a minimum that keeps very small offices from dropping below a workable price.
Office size
Office sizeTypical range
Small office (~1,000 sq ft)Per visit, standard recurring scope$90 – $200
Small office (~2,000 sq ft)Per visit$140 – $400
Mid office (~5,000 sq ft)Per visit$350 – $900
Large office (~10,000 sq ft)Per visit$700 – $1,600
Large office (~20,000 sq ft)Per visit$1,200 – $2,800

Source: Estimaid's own working model, not a market average or a published figure - see our pricing methodology

By frequency

Office cleaning rates by frequency

How often you service an office changes the per-visit price. A maintained office is faster each visit, so recurring schedules earn a lower per-visit rate than a one-time clean. The exact percentages below are Estimaid's own model - the direction is well established, the precision is ours.
Service frequency
Service frequencyPer-visit pricing
One-time / first cleanMost labor - never discountedFull rate
Weekly (1x/week)Light maintenance once a week~8% off per visit
2-3x per weekCommon for 10-40 person offices~12% off per visit
Nightly (5x/week)High-traffic and client-facing offices~15% off per visit

Source: Estimaid's own working model, not a market average or a published figure - see our pricing methodology

Monthly contracts

Office cleaning prices per month

Recurring janitorial is usually billed monthly. Multiply your per-visit price by the number of visits in the month. The figures below are that arithmetic run on Estimaid's own per-visit model, not monthly contract data from a publisher.
Contract size
Contract sizeMonthly range
Small office, weeklyUnder ~2,000 sq ft, 4-5 visits a month$400 – $900 / mo
Mid office, 2-3x / week~5,000 sq ft$1,500 – $3,500 / mo
Large office, 2-3x / week~10,000 sq ft$3,000 – $6,000 / mo
Large office, nightly10,000 sq ft+, 5x per week$4,000 – $10,000+ / mo

Source: Estimaid's own working model, not a market average or a published figure - see our pricing methodology

By region

Office cleaning rates by region

Labor cost is the single biggest regional swing in office cleaning, and high-cost coastal metros run above the national band while the South and rural markets sit below it. We could not find a published per-region rate table, so the bands below are Estimaid's own spread of the cited national range - a shape, not a dataset.
US region
US regionTypical range
Northeast (NY, Boston, DC)Highest labor and access costs$0.10 – $0.22 / sq ft
West Coast (CA, Seattle)High labor markets$0.10 – $0.20 / sq ft
Midwest (Chicago, Ohio)Near the national average$0.07 – $0.15 / sq ft
South (TX, GA, FL)Lower labor costs in most metros$0.06 – $0.14 / sq ft
Rural / small metroLower rates, longer travel$0.05 – $0.12 / sq ft

Source: Estimaid's own working model, not a market average or a published figure - see our pricing methodology

What moves the number

What affects office cleaning cost

Two offices of the same size can be bid very differently. These are the factors a cleaner weighs before putting a price on an office contract.
  • Square footage - the base of every office bid, with smaller offices carrying a higher per-foot rate due to the labor minimum
  • Frequency - nightly service runs lighter per visit; one-time and first cleans take the most labor and set the monthly cost
  • Employee count and density - more people means faster soiling, heavier restroom and breakroom use, and a more frequent schedule
  • Office type - medical, executive, and coworking spaces take more time per square foot than an open general office
  • Restrooms and breakrooms - they take more time per square foot than desks and hallways and drive much of the labor
  • Specialty work - floor strip-and-wax, carpet cleaning, and interior windows are billed on top of the base rate
  • Access and hours - after-hours, secure, or badge-restricted access raises the rate in most markets

Office vs commercial cleaning

This calculator is tuned for offices. If you are bidding retail, medical buildings, restaurants, industrial space, or a mixed facility, use the broader commercial cleaning cost calculator instead - it covers facility types with very different rates and scopes.
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