Career Explorer Buildings and grounds
Human edge, steady
Building cleaning workers, all other
All building cleaning workers not listed separately.
More resilient than most: more resilient than 74% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is low (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it low), and US jobs are projected to change by +2.0% by 2035, slower than average.
AI struggles with much of this work. Hiring is expected to grow slower than average, or to shrink.
- Median pay (2025)
- $44,040
- Job growth to 2035
- +2.0%
- Openings a year
- 2,500
- People doing it (2025)
- 18,600
- Usual route in
- No formal credential, then short on-the-job training
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Grounds maintenance workers, all otherHuman edge, growing, Index 84, +3.7%
- Packaging and filling machine operators and tendersHuman edge, growing, Index 91, +4.1%
- Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tendersHuman edge, growing, Index 90, +5.9%
- Agricultural workers, all otherHuman edge, growing, Index 83, +3.8%
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.