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Other Cleaners

Other Cleaners clean surfaces, materials and objects, such as carpets, windows, walls, swimming pools and cooling towers, using specialised cleaning equipment and chemicals. Carpet Cleaners and Window Cleaners are included here.

OtherANZSCO 8116
$1,342/wkMedian full-time pay
14kPeople employed
+4% ▲Growth to 2035
54%Work full time
42Median age
Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 8116.More about our sources: How we check our facts

What they do

The main tasks of this occupation, from the national occupation standard.

cleaning carpets and upholstered furniture using cleaning machines and their attachmentsselecting and applying cleaning agents to remove stains from carpets, windows and surfacesfilling carpet cleaning machines with water and other cleaning agentspushing pile-lifting machines over carpets and brushing pile to raise and fluff naptreating carpets with soil-repellent chemicals and deodorants, and treating for pestsusing ladders, swinging scaffolds, bosun's chairs, hydraulic bucket trucks and other equipment to reach and clean windows in multi-storey buildings
Source: JSA occupation profileTask list from the Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile for ANZSCO 8116 (ANZSCO task statements).More about our sources: How we check our facts

The outlook

Room for 500 more people in other cleaners by 2035 ▲

The field grew 2.1% in the year to February 2026, adding about 300 workers. Most of the jobs are in NSW and VIC, with QLD third.

Source: JSA · ABS, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 8116.More about our sources: How we check our facts
13.4k2025
13.4k2030 PROJ.
13.9k2035 PROJ.

Getting in

There is no single way in. 31% trained through VET, 8% hold a degree.

Both paths are common in this field. These are the nationally recognised courses mapped to this occupation, with the number of registered training providers that offer each one.

Source: JSA · training.gov.auEducation split: JSA (Jobs and Skills Australia) occupation profile, using ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Census data, ANZSCO 8116. Qualification mapping and provider counts: training.gov.au, the national register of vocational education, October 2026. Listed providers are current registered training providers (private providers and TAFE institutes).More about our sources: How we check our facts

Nationally recognised training · most offered first

11331NATCertificate II

Certificate II in Air Conditioning Hygiene

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Jobs open right now

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Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26State chart shows people employed, not current job ads. ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 8116.More about our sources: How we check our facts

People employed by state, 2025-26

NSW3.9k
VIC3.4k
QLD3.3k
WA2k
SA0.9k
TAS0.3k
ACT0.2k
NT0.2k

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