Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners vs Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners carries the higher exposed share at 9.5% against 5.4%, a gap of 4.1 points. The difference is driven by both capability and friction: the two jobs differ in what a system can produce and in what stops it, by roughly the same amount. Release v2026.Q3.
| Occupation | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Capability | Friction | Median pay | Rank | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 9.5% | 4.7% | 85.8% | 0.14 | 0.32 | $36,840 | 804 | untouched |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 5.4% | 3.3% | 91.2% | 0.09 | 0.27 | $35,510 | 869 | untouched |
What stands in the way, in each
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners: the dominant friction is that the work happens to physical things in physical places. Capability sits at 0.14 of 1 and friction at 0.32 of 1.
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners: the dominant friction is that the work happens to physical things in physical places. Capability sits at 0.09 of 1 and friction at 0.27 of 1.
Capability asks whether a generally available system can produce the work product at all. Friction asks what stops it finishing the job: physical work, being present, being accountable, unseen context, or the cost of checking the output. The rubric is here.
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Exposure is not displacement. A higher score does not rank two jobs by how safe they are, and nothing here models adoption, employment or pay.