Summary

Profile of Janitorial Workers in California provides a profile of private sector janitorial workers in California—who they are, their employment conditions and the economic vulnerabilities they face due to their low wages, employment status, and gender. The report uses an analysis of government data from the 5-year sample (2015–2019) of the American Community Survey (ACS) and a pooled 10 year sample (2011–2020) of the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group (CPS ORG), as well as information collected by the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF) to expand on the experiences of subcontracted janitors in California.