🧽 Residential cleaning crews

Piece-rate payroll for residential cleaning crews

Cleaning almost never runs on pure piece rate — it's usually a base hourly wage plus a percentage of the job. Here's how that works, and how far Crewsplit gets you today.

Base hourly plus a commission on the job

Base hourly

Typically $16–18/hr as an entry-level floor, paid for actual hours on the job — this is the income-stability piece, independent of how efficiently the job goes.

Job commission

On top of the base, a commission of roughly 15–22% of job revenue per cleaner, often weighted higher for a team lead (e.g. 20% lead / 15% each teammate on a 3-person crew) — this is the efficiency incentive.

Achievable today, not yet a single built-in method

âš  Current limitation

Crewsplit's pay methods today are revenue split, sq ft rate, per-role %, and per-tier % — there's no dedicated "base hourly + % of job" pay method with one setting. You can get the same result by entering an hourly base as a flat rate and a revenue-split percentage for the same pay period, but it takes two entries instead of one built-in calculation.

How you pay todayCrewsplit todayFit
Base hourly + % of job revenueHourly flat rate + revenue split, entered separatelyWorkaround
Higher % for team lead vs. rest of crewPer-role or per-tier %Good fit
FLSA overtime on top of base + commissionAutomatic regular-rate calculationGood fit
Example — $150 clean, 2-person crew, $14/hr base + 18% split
Base pay (3 hrs @ $14/hr, per person)$42.00 each
Job commission pool (18% of $150)$27.00
Commission split (60/40)$16.20 / $10.80
Total pay — lead / teammate$58.20 / $52.80

Cleaning payroll questions we hear most

Not as a single one-click pay method today. You can combine an hourly base rate entered as a flat rate with a revenue-split piece calculation for the same pay period, which achieves the same result with two entries instead of one.
Tips are typically handled outside of payroll entirely, paid directly to the cleaner in cash or through the booking app, and are not part of the piece-rate calculation.
Yes. Crewsplit's per-role and tier-based pay methods support different percentages for a team lead versus other crew members, which many cleaning companies use to pay leads a higher share.

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Run compliant piece-rate payroll for your cleaning crews

Crewsplit calculates crew splits, FLSA overtime, and audit-ready reports automatically — every pay period.

Pay practices vary by company, region, and job type — this page describes common industry patterns, not a guarantee of how any specific company operates. Not legal or financial advice.