Employment

• Of the approximately 172,610 direct supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers in the United States in 2010, about 2,730 were employed in Louisiana, estimates the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Around 900 of these worked in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area, which includes Metairie and Kenner.
  
  

Average and Median Salary

• As of 2010, the BLS estimates that the average salary of housekeeping supervisors in the New Orleans metro area was $15.22 per hour, or $31,650 per year. The median salary was a bit lower, at $14.29 per hour. The average salary for housekeeping supervisors in New Orleans was about six percent higher than the statewide average for this occupation in Louisiana, which was $14.32 per hour.
  
  

Salary Range

• In New Orleans, according to the BLS, the middle 50 percent of housekeeping supervisors were making $12.73 to $17.37 per hour in 2010, or $26,470 to $36,120 per year. The bottom 10 percent had wages of $11.65 per hour and less, and the top 10 percent were earning $20.22 per hour and higher, or $42,060 per year and more. The statewide range for these workers was much lower at the low end, with the bottom 10 percent making $9.39 per hour and less. It was similar at the high end, with the top 10 percent earning $20.08 per hour and more.
  
  

Comparisons

• According to BLS figures for 2010, New Orleans ranked third in Louisiana for housekeeping supervisor pay, behind Lake Charles, where their average salary was $15.89 per hour, and Lafayette at $15.25. The lowest average salary in Louisiana for housekeeping supervisors was in the Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, at $11.87 per hour.