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Overview
Domestic housekeepers organise and carry out household work in a private home, including cleaning, laundry, cooking, supplies, errands, child care or garden tasks according to the employer’s needs.
In job descriptions, look for room cleaning, textile care, food shopping, kitchen supplies, expense control, task schedules, household staff, guests, children, pets and careful use of cleaning agents.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Housekeeping work is centred on the running of a private home. A day can combine room cleaning, laundry, cooking, grocery buying, kitchen supplies, errands, child care, garden tasks and small household checks.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include cleaning techniques, safe handling of cleaning agents, textile ironing, bed making, stock control, expense tracking and planning task schedules. In larger homes, the role may include giving instructions to household staff.
Salary context
Salary context depends on household size, live-in or visiting arrangements, responsibility for children, cooking, purchasing, staff supervision, pets, events and whether the role includes budget control or minor maintenance coordination.
Career paths
A path can start with cleaning, laundry, kitchen or care-related household work and develop into senior housekeeper, house manager, estate household coordinator or private-service supervisor roles.
Good to know
Read adverts for the exact household routines: meals, linen, cleaning standards, shopping, children, guests, animals, travel, working hours and who decides the budget and priorities.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for domestic housekeeper work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
37-1011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETMaids and Housekeeping Cleaners
37-2012.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Domestic housekeepers (5152)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6d50f735-dca9-4a02-96dc-e4310ed98ae2 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 5152.2 |
| ISCO group | 5152 |
| Concept type | Occupation |