On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:11:00 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 7:07:53 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> > On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 2:25:17 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> > > On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:32:39 -0700, la llorona > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > jmcquown wrote:
>> > > >> On 12/24/2015 1:14 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> > > >>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 03:42:08 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > > >>> > wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > >>>> On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 10:43:26 PM UTC-5,
>> > > Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> > > > > > >
>> > > >>>>> $10/hr for minimum wage entry level jobs for a person with
>> > > minimal >>>>> education and no skills is darn good money... how
>> > > much would you pay >>>>> for someone to sweep your floors, dust
>> > > your shelves, and retrieve >>>>> shopping carts...
>> > > > > > >
>> > > >>>> I pay my housecleaner about $40 per hour. Cash.
>> > > > > >
>> > > >>> I don't believe you.
>> > > > > >
>> > > >> It really doesn't matter what you believe.
>> > > > >
>> > > >> Jill
>> > > >
>> > > > Why does it matter to you?
>> > > >
>> > > > Did Cindy tip you too?
>> > >
>> > > If I were paid $40/hr to clean a house I'd bust my butt to make it
>> > > spotless, I'd even work overtime for straight pay; I'd launder
>> > > clothes, detail your car, scrub bathrooms, I'd even clean your cat's
>> > > litter pans and cook for you too, same as everything I do at home,
>> > > for $40/hr I'd mow your lawn and trim m'lady's bush! LOL
>> > > Around here people get paid between $10-$15 an hour to clean house.
>> >
>> > Prices for everything are much higher here, including housecleaning.
>> > The average price per square foot of single-family housing in Ann
>> > Arbor is $180. How does that compare with your area?
>> >
>> > The deal is, she cleans $80 worth. Kitchen, bath, cleaning the
>> > hardwood floors, vacuuming the area rugs, and dusting. In that order
>> > of priority. No overtime, except by prior arrangement.
>> >
>> > Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> 40$ an hour at 40 hours a week is 83,200$ a year before tax.
>
>I know. I don't make that much as a computer programmer.
>
>She doesn't work 40 hours a week at housecleaning. I believe
>her other job is as a waitress.
>> If it helps, it's 8$ an hour here.
>
>Nobody's going to come to my house for $16 or $24 every other
>week to clean the whole house.
>
>
>The hiring process for every single cleaner I've ever hired has
>gone like this:
>
>Ask friends for recommendations.
>Have the person come over, see what the house is like, and give a quote.
>If the money is worth it to me not to have to clean my own
>house, I say "You're hired".
>
>If I recall correctly, when she quoted the job, it was maybe $65. Every
>few years I give her another $5 for the job.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

That sounds like normal pay for house cleaning.

When I first moved here a single mother was the tenant in the little
cottage, she worked cleaning houses but said her best jobs were
cleaning small business office space, real estate offices, doctor's
offices, even the toy store in town. This was ten years ago, she was
very happy to be paid about $80 for an 8 hr day. She did her office
cleaning in early mornings before they opened or evenings after
closing, worked for her as she had a 14 year old daughter and a 6 year
old autistic son who was bused to a special school. The daughter was
mature enough to care for her brother after school. The mother and
son moved to Louisiana to be near family, the daughter is married now
and lives nearby and works as a dental hygienist. I've met a few
other people here that clean houses, even today top pay is about
$15/hr. One of my friends from high school worked all his life as a
window washer in NYC, he did sky scrapers, he made a good living but
he never made $40 an hour. He'd tell me it's the safest job in the
city, in fifty years he was never mugged.