Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
SOC 53-7061 · 2024-2034
Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $38,750per year
- Projected openings
- 69,180
- Projected change
- +4.8%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Operation and Control
- Quality Control Analysis
- Operations Monitoring
- Monitoring
- Time Management
- Speaking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $45,423 | 3,440 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $44,435 | 3,040 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $43,990 | 3,890 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $40,953 | 760 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $40,788 | 140 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $39,712 | 190 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $39,712 | 980 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $39,477 | 680 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $39,477 | 1,430 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $38,842 | 250 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $38,647 | 910 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $38,401 | 370 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $37,931 | 16,820 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $37,838 | 330 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $37,684 | 4,320 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $37,633 | 460 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $37,428 | 480 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $37,234 | 1,950 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $37,111 | 730 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $37,039 | 2,240 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $37,008 | 5,400 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $37,008 | 210 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $36,752 | 460 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $36,732 | 1,100 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $36,660 | 3,010 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $36,648 | 7,460 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $36,619 | 7,580 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $36,240 | 960 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $35,810 | 230 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $35,707 | 310 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $38,652 | 36,380 | +8.5% |
| Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders | $46,180 | 2,970 | +3.8% |
| Maintenance Workers, Machinery | $69,758 | 3,750 | 0% |
| Dishwashers | $38,829 | 124,120 | +3.6% |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $42,131 | 372,180 | +4.9% |
| Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners | $56,716 | 3,350 | +15.6% |