What checking cleaning by hand costs
Checking a clean by hand takes a supervisor's time: walking there, looking, and writing it down. With CleanZ, a supervisor reviews most cleans from a phone and still checks 1 in 10 in person. The difference is hours every year, and the labor cost of those hours.
The math, in plain words
- Hours by hand = cleans a year × minutes to check one by hand ÷ 60.
- Hours with CleanZ = cleans a year × 3.4 minutes ÷ 60. That is a 2.3-minute review on a phone for every clean, plus an in-person spot check of 11 minutes on 1 clean in 10.
- Cost of an hour = a supervisor's mean hourly wage ÷ wages' share of total pay. Benefits make up the rest: 70.0% of pay is wages in private industry and 61.2% in state and local government.
- Labor saved = (hours by hand − hours with CleanZ) × cost of an hour.
What the math leaves out
- The CleanZ subscription. These are labor figures only.
- Time to set up checklists and train the team during a pilot.
- The minutes are estimates. Your own pilot baseline measures how long checking takes you today.
Compared with checking every clean by hand. Checking only 1 in 10 by hand costs less, but leaves 9 in 10 unchecked. Labor only, before the CleanZ subscription. Example figures; your numbers will differ.
Wages: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023: 37-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024; Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2026.
Try your own numbers
Compared with checking every clean by hand. Checking only 1 in 10 by hand costs less, but leaves 9 in 10 unchecked. Labor only, before the CleanZ subscription. Example figures; your numbers will differ.
Wages: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023: 37-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024; Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2026.
Six examples
One example facility in each industry, with the wage for supervisors in that industry.
| Industry and example | Cleans a year | Minutes by hand | Cost of an hour | By hand | With CleanZ | Labor saved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HospitalsA 300-bed hospital, checking each clean after dischargeWage $26.94, General medical and surgical hospitals | 16,000 | 15 | $38.49 | about 4,000 h about $153,943 | about 907 h about $34,894 | about 3,093 h about $119,049 |
| Senior livingA 100-bed nursing home, every resident room dailyWage $22.39, Nursing care facilities | 36,500 | 8 | $31.99 | about 4,867 h about $155,664 | about 2,068 h about $66,157 | about 2,798 h about $89,507 |
| SchoolsOne school, 60 areas, 180 school daysWage $25.41, Elementary and secondary schools | 10,800 | 6 | $36.30 | about 1,080 h about $39,204 | about 612 h about $22,216 | about 468 h about $16,988 |
| OfficesOne office building, 50 areas every weekdayWage $23.54, Services to buildings and dwellings | 13,000 | 6 | $33.63 | about 1,300 h about $43,717 | about 737 h about $24,773 | about 563 h about $18,944 |
| Public buildingsOne public building, 40 areas every weekday (minutes include travel between sites)Wage $24.03, All industries, with the state and local government share | 10,400 | 8 | $39.26 | about 1,387 h about $54,447 | about 589 h about $23,140 | about 797 h about $31,307 |
| HotelsA 200-room hotel, about 65 checkout cleans a dayWage $22.22, Traveler accommodation | 23,725 | 6 | $31.74 | about 2,373 h about $75,310 | about 1,344 h about $42,676 | about 1,028 h about $32,634 |
Compared with checking every clean by hand. Checking only 1 in 10 by hand costs less, but leaves 9 in 10 unchecked. Labor only, before the CleanZ subscription. Example figures; your numbers will differ.
Wages: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023: 37-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024; Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2026.
Questions about these figures
Is this what CleanZ costs?
No. These figures are labor only: the supervisor time spent checking cleans, before the CleanZ subscription. The site shows no price.
Why compare with checking every clean by hand?
Because that is what a full record by hand would take. Many teams check only some cleans, which costs less but leaves the rest unchecked.
Where do the wages come from?
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: the mean hourly wage for first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers in May 2023, by industry, and wages' share of total pay in June 2026.
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