Illinois·Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations·SOC 37-1011

Best First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping programs in Illinois, ranked by enrollment

Directly supervise and coordinate work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other.

9 schools in Illinois run programs that feed this job, graduating 249 people a year. The job pays a median of $49,410 in Illinois across about 5,090 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledExecutive HousekeeperMaintenance SupervisorHousekeeping SupervisorEnvironmental Services Supervisor (EVS)ButlerMaid SupervisorLinen SupervisorJanitor Supervisor
Graduates / yr
249
in Illinois
Median pay · Illinois
$49,410
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
5,090
people employed
Schools
9
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
45%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Illinois that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Illinois that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Illinois (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Illinois page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 46.0401In Illinois
249
100.0%
9$31,641$9,500

Top 9 schools in Illinois

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 9 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Lake Land College
Mattoon, IL Public · 1 feeder programs
188Building/Property Maintenance58%
2Southeastern Illinois College
Harrisburg, IL Public · 1 feeder programs
14Building/Property Maintenance55%
3Lincoln Land Community College
Springfield, IL Public · 1 feeder programs
12Building/Property Maintenance48%
4William Rainey Harper College
Palatine, IL Public · 1 feeder programs
10Building/Property Maintenance48%
5Heartland Community College
Normal, IL Public · 1 feeder programs
7Building/Property Maintenance54%
6Parkland College
Champaign, IL Public · 1 feeder programs
7Building/Property Maintenance32%
7Triton College
River Grove, IL Public · 1 feeder programs
5Building/Property Maintenance29%
8Oakton College
Des Plaines, IL Public · 1 feeder programs
4Building/Property Maintenance37%
9Kishwaukee College
Malta, IL Public · 1 feeder programs
2Building/Property Maintenance45%

All 9 schools in Illinois

Every school in Illinois with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Illinois that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Lake Land CollegeMattoonPublic1881
Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburgPublic141
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfieldPublic121
William Rainey Harper CollegePalatinePublic101
Heartland Community CollegeNormalPublic71
Parkland CollegeChampaignPublic71
Triton CollegeRiver GrovePublic51
Oakton CollegeDes PlainesPublic41
Kishwaukee CollegeMaltaPublic21

What first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers earn in Illinois

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Illinois
$49,410
Mean annual
$54,200
Jobs in state
5,090
What the range looks like
10th pct$38,290Median$49,41090th pct$76,050
Versus the national median
+0.6%

U.S. median $49,100. Illinois pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.73×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Illinois

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
$51,280median
3,910 jobs
Springfield, IL
$50,650median
80 jobs
Bloomington, IL
$58,120median
120 jobs
Rockford, IL
$47,910median
110 jobs
Champaign-Urbana, IL
$47,620median
130 jobs
Peoria, IL
$46,430median
230 jobs
Decatur, IL
$48,250median
50 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.5%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
33,000
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
6,700
269,800 → 276,400
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers page.

How to become a First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping

Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Illinois

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 46.0401Building/Property Maintenance

Common questions

Answers for people weighing first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers programs in Illinois.

What degree do you need to become a First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping?+

High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Building/Property Maintenance, which awarded 249 degrees in Illinois in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Building/Construction Finishing. Together they graduate about 249 people a year in Illinois.

How much do first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers earn in Illinois?+

The median is $49,410 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.6% above the U.S. median of $49,100. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers growing?+

BLS projects a +2.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 33,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Illinois?+

9 institutions in Illinois reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Executive Housekeeper, Maintenance Supervisor, Housekeeping Supervisor, Environmental Services Supervisor (EVS) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 37-1011.

First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers in other statesNorth CarolinaVirginiaTexasLouisianaKansasNew JerseyOklahomaTennessee
Programs in IllinoisBuilding/Property Maintenance

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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