Cleaning jobs · Sydney
House cleaning jobs in Sydney
Quick answer: Simply Maid offers house cleaning work in Sydney to experienced cleaners, teams and cleaning businesses, as independent contractors. The starting base rate is $45 an hour, paid weekly. You choose your hours and how far you travel, and jobs are offered in the app within that availability. How much work you get depends on bookings near you.
We're taking applications in Sydney now. You can start with your mobile and email, and your progress saves as you go.
Sydney work, in numbers
Sydney is Simply Maid's busiest city, and most of its booked work is regular visits to the same homes.
Simply Maid booking history · not today’s price
- 68
- cleans booked in Sydney for the next 60 days
- 9 in 10
- of those booked cleans are regular visits (weekly, fortnightly or every four weeks)
- 46
- Sydney cleans completed in the last 90 days
- About 3½ hours
- typical booked cleaning time per job (median of the 46)
Simply Maid bookings in Sydney on the current booking system: 46 completed cleans with a service date from 7 July to 5 October 2026, and 68 cleans booked for 6 October to 4 December 2026. Bookings imported from our previous system are excluded. Computed 6 October 2026.
What the work is like in Sydney
Most jobs are regular cleans of the same homes every week, fortnight or four weeks, with one-off deep cleans and end of lease cleans in between.
Each job comes with the address, the time, the scope and the payment before you accept it. Regular customers mean you clean the same homes and get to know them; the app keeps the job checklist, the access details and the customer's notes in one place.
The work follows our three services:
- Standard cleaning: the regular clean of kitchens, bathrooms, floors and living areas.
- Deep cleaning: a longer, more detailed clean, often the first visit or a seasonal clean.
- End of lease cleaning: an empty home cleaned to the standard an agent inspects against.
Sydney has the most booked work of our seven cities, but how much reaches you still depends on your hours, your travel range and bookings near you.
What you earn in Sydney
The starting base rate in Sydney is $45 an hour, the same as in every city we work in.
You're paid for the cleaning time allocated to each job at your rate, so a job allocated three hours pays $135 at the starting rate. Rates rise with your tier as you build a track record, up to $48 an hour. Same-day jobs carry a $20 bonus, and long drives earn a drive bonus.
Pay goes to your Australian bank account in a weekly pay run, and the app shows your earnings and payouts as you go. As a contractor you cover your own kit, products, travel, tax and insurance from what you earn. How much cleaners get paid compares this with award wages and running your own clients.
How to start
Apply online, complete your checks, and start getting jobs once you're approved.
Apply with your mobile and email
Verify your contact details and tell us about yourself, your experience and how you work. Your progress saves as you go.
Complete your checks
Identity, ABN and bank details, a short standards quiz, the provider agreement, a headshot and your home-base address.
Get approved
Approval happens automatically once every check is complete. We'll tell you if we need anything else.
Set your hours and start
Set your working hours and travel range, then accept jobs in the app within that availability.
What you need
Cleaning experience, an ABN, the right to work in Australia, your own kit, a way to travel with it, and a smartphone.
- Experience. We're looking for people who already clean homes well: solo cleaners, teams and cleaning businesses.
- An ABN. You work as an independent contractor; a cleaning company applies with its company ABN.
- Your own kit. A vacuum, mop, cloths and cleaning products. See equipment and supplies.
- A way to travel with your kit. The application asks about vehicle access and how far you're willing to travel.
- A smartphone. Jobs, checklists and pay are all in the app.
Getting around Sydney
Sydney is spread out and has many toll roads, so set a travel range you can cover with your kit in normal traffic, and count tolls and parking in what a job is worth to you. Apartment buildings often need a booking for loading-dock or visitor parking; the job details tell you how to get in.
Areas we serve in Sydney
Simply Maid customers book cleans across Inner City, Inner West, Eastern Suburbs, Lower North Shore, Upper North Shore, Ryde, Northern Beaches, Hills District, Hawkesbury, Parramatta, Blacktown, Penrith, Blue Mountains, Canterbury-Bankstown, St George, Sutherland Shire, South West Sydney and Macarthur. You choose how far from your home base you'll travel.
Questions people ask
How much does a cleaner get paid in Sydney?
With Simply Maid, the starting base rate in Sydney is $45 an hour as an independent contractor, paid weekly on the cleaning time allocated to each job. Employed cleaners are paid at least the Cleaning Services Award minimum; our pay guide compares the two.
Do I need experience?
Yes. We're looking for experienced cleaners, teams and cleaning businesses. If you're new to cleaning, our guide to becoming a house cleaner explains how to build experience first.
Do I need an ABN?
Yes. You work as an independent contractor, so you need an ABN. A cleaning company applies with its company ABN.
Is there enough work?
It depends on bookings near you, the hours you set and how far you'll travel. Sydney has the most booked work of our cities, mostly regular visits. We never guarantee hours.
Can my partner or team join?
Yes. You can apply as a solo cleaner, a team or a cleaning company, and invite members during onboarding. Each member completes their own checks.
How do I get paid?
Weekly, by bank transfer to your Australian bank account. You can see your earnings and payouts in the app. It's never cash in hand.
When you're ready
Apply for cleaning jobs in Sydney
Start with your mobile and email. Approval is automatic once your checks are complete.
Start with your mobile and email. Your progress saves as you go.
Sources
Simply Maid's policies are quoted from its cleaner help centre on the date shown. Pay figures are read live from the rates Simply Maid pays.
- Tiers and earnings, Simply Maid cleaner help. Read 6 October 2026. How the tier rates and bonuses work.
- Payment schedule, Simply Maid cleaner help. Read 6 October 2026. When the weekly pay run is paid.
- Application requirements, Simply Maid cleaner help. Read 6 October 2026. What the application asks for.
- Equipment and supplies, Simply Maid cleaner help. Read 6 October 2026. The kit cleaners bring.
- Employment type, Simply Maid cleaner help. Read 6 October 2026. Independent contractor arrangement.
Official rates and rules quoted from the government source on the date shown. General information, not legal, tax or financial advice.