Commercial Cleaning & FM recruiters serving Denver.
Denver has about 19,460 janitors and cleaners, 21st of the 112 we cover, and still 15% fewer per job than the country - so they are rarely short of offers. BLS counts 868 business locations of janitorial and commercial cleaning companies across the metro. Below: local pay for every role we staff and the state licensing rules that apply.
Positions we recruit for in Denver.
BLS counts about 21,760 people working in the occupations behind these roles across the Denver metro, the largest group being janitors and cleaners (about 19,460). Relative to the size of the local economy, janitors and cleaners are less concentrated here than nationally (location quotient 0.85). Local headcount and pay for each role are below; role descriptions are on the Commercial Cleaning & FM hub.
Cleaning Team Member / Janitor
Denver: 19,460 employed · $38,840 median, 19th-highest of 112 metros
Cleaning Team Lead / Supervisor
Denver: 2,300 employed · $56,700 median, 26th-highest of 111 metros
Site Manager / Account Manager
Denver: 1,520 employed · $164,240 median, highest of 110 metros
Regional Operations Manager
Denver: 22,940 employed · $142,330 median, 8th-highest of 112 metros
Facilities Manager
Denver: 1,120 employed · $125,780 median, 7th-highest of 112 metros
Facilities Coordinator
Denver: 15,350 employed · $49,760 median, 26th-highest of 111 metros
Building Engineer
Denver: 11,780 employed · $83,400 median, 31st-highest of 112 metros
Healthcare Cleaning Specialist
Data Center / Cleanroom Cleaner
VP of Operations
Denver: BLS does not publish a local figure for this occupation.
Hiring the same trade in another market? We recruit it in Des Moines, IA, Detroit, MI, Durham, NC too.
What Commercial Cleaning & FM roles earn in Denver.
Janitors and cleaners in Denver earn a median $38,840, 5% over the $36,840 national figure, and 19th of 112 metros. Pay runs $36,110 at the tenth percentile to $51,340 at the ninetieth. The best-paid role below is first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers, at $56,700 against $49,100 nationally. BLS withholds Denver pay for one occupation in the table.
| Role | Denver median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning Team Member / Janitor · Healthcare Cleaning Specialist · Data Center / Cleanroom CleanerJanitors and Cleaners (37-2011) | $38,840 | $36,110–$51,340 | $36,840 | +5% | 19,460 |
| Cleaning Team Lead / SupervisorFirst-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers (37-1011) | $56,700 | $41,600–$81,650 | $49,100 | +15% | 2,300 |
| Site Manager / Account ManagerAdministrative Services Managers (11-3012) | $164,240 | $103,630–$258,990 | $114,130 | +44% | 1,520 |
| Regional Operations ManagerGeneral and Operations Managers (11-1021) | $142,330 | $73,490–$313,870 | $105,770 | +35% | 22,940 |
| Facilities ManagerFacilities Managers (11-3013) | $125,780 | $80,400–$213,400 | $106,660 | +18% | 1,120 |
| Facilities CoordinatorSecretaries and Administrative Assistants (43-6014) | $49,760 | $38,870–$66,930 | $47,540 | +5% | 15,350 |
| Building EngineerFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $83,400 | $61,540–$126,010 | $79,920 | +4% | 11,780 |
| VP of OperationsChief Executives (11-1011) | – | – | $213,990 | – | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Denver metro. Range is 10th to 90th percentile; management and office roles are metro-wide. A metro ranking counts only the metros where BLS publishes that occupation.
How Denver's commercial cleaning & FM market has changed since 2018.
The number of janitorial and commercial cleaning companies in Denver rose from 781 in 2018 to 868 in 2023, up 11%, behind the 14% growth nationally. Headcount at those firms went down 4%, to about 14,361 people, so more firms are sharing fewer workers. Average annual pay there went from $23,454 to $33,840 (+44%), faster than the 36% national increase, a sign employers here have had to bid up.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janitorial and commercial cleaning companies: business locations | 781 | 868 | +11% |
| Janitorial and commercial cleaning companies: employment | 14,889 | 14,361 | −4% |
| Janitorial and commercial cleaning companies: average annual pay | $23,454 | $33,840 | +44% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Free Commercial Cleaning & FM hiring resources.
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Denver runs 15% fewer commercial cleaning workers per job than the country as a whole — below the national concentration. Fewer per job means the people you want are already working, and usually for someone who would rather keep them.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Janitors and Building Cleaners. Metro-wide figures for the base occupation; the wage table above is role-specific and commercial.
How Denver's commercial cleaning market compares
Among the 100 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Denver ranks 21st for headcount, 17th for median pay and 77th for concentration for janitors and building cleaners.
What this means for hiring:For commercial cleaning employers in Denver, the local pool is thin but growing. Expect a mix of local candidates and people recruited in from nearby metros, and budget for relocation on senior roles.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Denver metro. Employers are counted by business location.
Commercial Cleaning & FM licensing in Colorado.
Colorado has no janitorial registry and no state contractor licence reaching cleaning, but it does license the application of pesticides for hire, and disinfection falls inside that. The Department's rule under the Pesticide Applicators' Act covers any person other than a private applicator who engages in the business of applying pesticides for hire, and expressly reaches any business selling services that include the application of pesticides; the Department separately publishes that EPA regulates disinfectants as pesticides. A licensed business must employ a qualified supervisor. One wrinkle to settle in writing first: the Department's published category list contains no antimicrobial or sanitation category, so ask the programme which category it will examine you in before you bid disinfection work.
Licensing authority: Colorado Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry - Pesticide Applicator Certification and Licensing Program. Confirm current rules with the agency.
What else is competing for Denver crews.
Not commercial cleaning & FM work. These are the capital projects big enough to pull the same crews into Denver in the months you are trying to fill a seat, each with the status its own market page reports.
- UCHealth / Anschutz Medical Campus expansions (Aurora)Multi-phase healthcare build-outOngoing 2024-2027
Hospital and research construction is the tightest specialty market in metro Denver. Medical-gas plumbers, controls techs, and clean-space mechanical PMs in short supply.
- National Western Center redevelopment (Denver)$1B+ campus programPhased through late 2020s
Large mixed-use civic/agricultural campus. Steel erection, MEP, and heavy sitework crews in steady demand across multiple building phases.
- Denver International Airport (DEN) - Great Hall + gate expansions$2B+ programMulti-year, ongoing through 2028
Concourse gate additions and the Great Hall renovation drive sustained mechanical, electrical, and specialty finish demand. Phased work means rolling crew needs across trades.
Showing 3 of 6 projects tracked in this metro. The Denver market page lists them all.
What credentials matter for commercial cleaning & FM, and what kills offers in Denver.
The 4 credentials that gate the work and the 5 things that most often end a commercial cleaning & FM offer are the same in every market, kept in one place: Commercial Cleaning & FM credentials and offer risks, each linked to the body that issues it. What is local is the licensing rule above and the pay further up this page.
Frequently asked - Commercial Cleaning & FM hiring in Denver.
What do janitors and cleaners earn in Denver?
BLS puts the Denver median for janitors and cleaners at $38,840 a year, 5% above the $36,840 national median. That ranks 19th of 112 metros with published figures, in the top quarter. Pay is bunched together here, $36,110 to $51,340 across the 10th to 90th percentile and only a 1.4x gap, so small differences in an offer are noticed.
Is it hard to hire janitors and cleaners in Denver?
Yes. Denver has 15% fewer janitors and cleaners per job than the country as a whole, roughly 19,460 in the metro, so most of the people worth hiring are already employed. The 868 janitorial and commercial cleaning companies here average about 17 employees per location. With 11% more of those firms than in 2018, more employers are competing for the same crews.
Which commercial cleaning & FM roles pay the most in Denver?
Of the roles we recruit for, Site Manager / Account Manager pays the most in Denver, a $164,240 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Cleaning Team Lead / Supervisor at $56,700, 65% below it. Cleaning Team Member / Janitor is the lowest-paid field role at $38,840. Relative to national pay, Site Manager / Account Manager is the strongest-paying role here (44% above).
How many janitorial and commercial cleaning companies operate in Denver?
BLS counted 868 janitorial and commercial cleaning companies in Denver in 2023, employing about 14,361 people between them. Up from 781 in 2018, an 11% increase against 14% growth nationally. That averages 17 people per location. They pay an average of $33,840, 4% above the $32,388 national average for the same kind of employer.
Can Denver employers recruit janitors and cleaners from nearby metros?
Not easily. None of the other metros we cover within 300 miles of Denver has published BLS figures for janitors and cleaners, so a search here mostly has to be won locally or by relocating someone from farther away.
We have not closed a commercial cleaning & facilities maintenance search in Denver yet. Here is what we have closed.
These are other trades in the same market. We would rather show you the searches we have actually run in Denver than imply a record in this trade that we do not have yet.
- Commercial HVAC Service TechnicianA millwright who also runs commercial HVAC - four days to hire.
Deep pool. Heavily fished.
Denver has 19,460 janitors and cleaners, 21st of the 112 metros we cover, and still 15% fewer per job than the country. The pool is deep and every employer here is fishing it. Let's get to the ones worth moving first.
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