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Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Service, clean, or supply restrooms.Mostly human for now
- 02Gather and empty trash.Mostly human for now
- 03Clean building floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming.Mostly human for now
- 04Monitor building security and safety by performing tasks such as locking doors after operating hours or checking electrical appliance use to ensure that hazards are not created.Mostly human for now
- 05Notify managers concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems.Mostly human for now
- 06Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures.Mostly human for now
- 07Mix water and detergents or acids in containers to prepare cleaning solutions, according to specifications.Mostly human for now
- 08Clean windows, glass partitions, or mirrors, using soapy water or other cleaners, sponges, or squeegees.Mostly human for now
- 09Requisition supplies or equipment needed for cleaning and maintenance duties.Mostly human for now
- 10Dust furniture, walls, machines, or equipment.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
0%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 32% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 91% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Service, clean, or supply restrooms.
- Gather and empty trash.
- Clean building floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming.