How much does house cleaning cost? (2026 guide)

The honest answer is that house cleaning is priced on your home's size, the type of clean, and how often you book — not a flat per-hour rate. Here's how those factors actually move the price, so you can estimate before you ever pick up the phone.

What a typical clean costs

For a standard one-time clean of an average 2–3 bedroom home, most professional services land in a low-to-mid hundreds per-visit range. Smaller apartments come in lower; larger homes, deep cleans, and move-outs come in higher. Three things move the number most:

• Size — bedrooms and especially bathrooms are the biggest drivers, because bathrooms are the most labor-intensive rooms.
• Type of clean — standard < deep < move-out (more on each below).
• Frequency — recurring visits are discounted off the one-time price.

By type of clean

• Standard clean — ongoing maintenance of an already-clean home. The most affordable option, and the one most people book on a recurring plan. See what's included.
• Deep clean — a top-to-bottom reset: baseboards, built-up grime, inside appliances on request. It prices higher because it's materially more labor. Most homes start here, then maintain with a standard plan.
• Move-in / move-out clean — an empty-home detail scoped for a landlord's final walkthrough. It's the priciest per visit, but it's a one-time job.

Not sure which you need? Our guide on deep clean vs standard clean breaks it down.

Why "per hour" can be misleading

A flat hourly rate sounds simple, but it punishes you for a home that needs more time and rewards rushing. Flat, per-job pricing based on your home's size and clean type is more predictable — you know the number before the crew arrives, not after.

One-time vs recurring

Recurring plans are the best value per visit: weekly saves the most, then biweekly, then monthly. The reason is simple — a home that's maintained every week never builds up the grime that makes each visit longer. The first visit may be a deep clean; after that, standard recurring visits keep it level.

How to get an exact price

Ranges only get you so far. The fastest way to a real number is to enter your home's size and frequency and see an exact range — most quotes take under two minutes, with no calls and no obligation.

Looking for local specifics? See our breakdown of house cleaning costs in Boston, or jump to pricing for Greater Boston, Orlando, or Miami.