Plumbing cost estimator: Job Cost Index
The median published figure in the Job Cost Index is 135 USD across 4 sources' own pages (range 110 to 174 USD), read 12 October 2026.
Markupbird sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
4 of the 37 named sources read in full publish a figure; 33 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 135 USD across 4).
By job type
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| job typehouse cleaning | 135USD | 110 to 174USD | 4 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thumbtack: house cleaning prices | 174USD | house cleaning | 2026-10-12 |
| Fixr: house cleaning cost | 150USD | house cleaning | 2026-10-12 |
| Housecall Pro: house cleaning prices | 120USD | house cleaning | 2026-10-12 |
| HomeGuide: house cleaning prices | 110USD | house cleaning | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (4)
- Thumbtack: house cleaning prices, read 2026-10-12:
House cleaning prices National average cost range $174-$256
- Fixr: house cleaning cost, read 2026-10-12:
House cleaning services cost range from $150 to $250, with a national average of $221.
- Housecall Pro: house cleaning prices, read 2026-10-12:
Standard cleaning costs $120–$280 per visit: Pricing depends on home size, location, and service frequency.
- HomeGuide: house cleaning prices, read 2026-10-12:
home with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms costs $110 to $320 to clean or about $0.06 to $0.16 per square foot.
Read in full, publishes no figure
33 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Fixr: roof replacement cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Fixr: fence installation cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Fixr: build a deck cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: fence installation cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: tree removal cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: pressure washing prices, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: maid service cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: window replacement cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: HVAC cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: drywall repair cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: foundation repair cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: asphalt driveway cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: bathroom remodel cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HomeGuide: flooring installation cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Homewyse: cost to install fence, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Homewyse: cost to install wood privacy fence, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Homewyse: cost to pressure wash per sq ft, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Homewyse: cost to install asphalt shingle roof, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Homewyse: cost to install drywall, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- This Old House: new roof cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- This Old House: tree removal cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Thumbtack: power washing prices, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Lawn Love: tree removal cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- LawnStarter: tree removal price, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- RoofingCalculator.com, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Housecall Pro: how to price pressure washing jobs, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- 1-800-GOT-JUNK pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Junkluggers junk removal pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Sears Home Services: furnace and AC replacement cost, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Bryant HVAC pricing guide, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- BLS PPI for nonresidential trade contractors (NAICS 238), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- FRED: PPI roofing contractors (PCU23816X23816X), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- FRED: PPI plumbing/HVAC contractors (PCU23822X23822XP), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
4 of the 37 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 33 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 398 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the median, low and high published price per UNIT of work (per square, per linear foot, per square foot, per hour, per visit) for each job type, computed ACROSS every publisher that publishes one - and the spread between them, which is the number nobody publishes: how far apart Homewyse, HomeGuide, Fixr, Thumbtack, This Old House and the national service brands are on the same job, how many publishers cover each job at all, and how each publisher's figure has moved since the last read, indexed against the BLS producer price index for that trade so a moved figure can be told from a repriced market
398 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (38)
- Fixr: roof replacement cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fixr: fence installation cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fixr: build a deck cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fixr: house cleaning cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: fence installation cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: tree removal cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: pressure washing prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: house cleaning prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: maid service cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: window replacement cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: HVAC cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: drywall repair cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: foundation repair cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: asphalt driveway cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: bathroom remodel cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HomeGuide: flooring installation cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Homewyse: cost to install fence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Homewyse: cost to install wood privacy fence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Homewyse: cost to pressure wash per sq ft(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Homewyse: cost to install asphalt shingle roof(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Homewyse: cost to install drywall(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- This Old House: new roof cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- This Old House: tree removal cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Thumbtack: power washing prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Thumbtack: house cleaning prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Lawn Love: tree removal cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- LawnStarter: tree removal price(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RoofingCalculator.com(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Housecall Pro: how to price pressure washing jobs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Housecall Pro: house cleaning prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- 1-800-GOT-JUNK pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Junkluggers junk removal pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sears Home Services: furnace and AC replacement cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bryant HVAC pricing guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS PPI for nonresidential trade contractors (NAICS 238)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FRED: PPI roofing contractors (PCU23816X23816X)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FRED: PPI plumbing/HVAC contractors (PCU23822X23822XP)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Angi cost guide: fence installation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Job Cost Index is 135 USD across 4 sources' own pages (range 110 to 174 USD), read 12 October 2026.
4 of the 37 named sources read in full publish a figure; 33 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Job Cost Index, job type house cleaning: median 135 USD across 4 sources, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 135 USD across 4).
Cite as: "Markupbird Job Cost Index", updated 2026-10-19, https://markupbird.com/datasets/job-cost-index/.
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