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Facade cleaner and chimney sweep
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Key facts
+1.5%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.5% (BLS).
The job
Building structure cleaners (ISCO 7133). Building structure cleaners clean exterior surfaces of buildings and other structures, and remove soot from chimneys.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
49 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- asbestos abatement advisor
- asbestos abatement assessor
- asbestos abatement operative
- asbestos abatement team operative
- asbestos abatement team worker
- asbestos abatement worker
- asbestos contamination assessor
- asbestos operative
- asbestos removal operative
- asbestos removal team operative
- asbestos removal team worker
- asbestos worker
- building cleaning operative worker
- building cleaning worker
- building exterior cleaner
- building restoration operative
- building restoration worker
- chimney sweep
- chimney sweep supervisor
- chimney sweeper
- chimney sweeper supervisor
- chimney-sweeping chief
- chimney-sweeping engineer
- chimney-sweeping technician
- decontamination worker
- environmental decontamination technician
- environmental decontamination worker
- environmental remediation worker
- exterior cleaner
- façade cleaner
- floor polisher
- floor sweeper
- flue sweeper
- flue sweeper supervisor
- funnel sweeper
- funnel sweeper supervisor
- graffiti remover
- hazardous material abatement worker
- hazardous material decontamination worker
- hazardous material removal worker
- hazardous materials removal worker
- lump sweeper
- lump sweeper supervisor
- pressure washer operator
- radio-active decontamination worker
- smoke-stack sweeper
- smoke-stack sweeper supervisor
- soil decontamination worker
- sweeper
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Hazardous materials removal workers)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $49,450
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.