{"id":10866,"date":"2026-05-23T17:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10866"},"modified":"2026-05-23T17:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:26:22","slug":"nyc-hotel-maids-to-make-more-than-rookie-cops-firefighters-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10866","title":{"rendered":"NYC hotel maids to make more than rookie cops, firefighters, teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hotel maids in NYC already out-earn rookie cops, firefighters and even teachers with master\u2019s degrees \u2014 and they just got a raise.<\/p>\n<p>The Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, the union representing 22,000 city hotel workers, ratified the new contract Thursday that will bring housekeepers to $77,113\u00a0on July 1 with $110,000 in salary alone in the sixth year.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement made last weekend with the hotel owners averted a strike that was already throwing a wrench into the city\u2019s America 250 celebrations and the FIFA World Cup as visitors said they were afraid to make reservations if a strike was at hand.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes are seen on a movie poster for the 2002 film Maid in Manhattan. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Under the new contract, hotel guests will absorb some higher costs, as automatic tips will rise from 15% to 20% this year for group meals and banquets and group porterage. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started negotiations at $40 per hour,\u201d one hotel owner on the bargaining committee told the Post, requesting anonymity for fear of reprisals. \u201cThe person who cleans your room will be making more than school teachers and policemen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Housekeepers \u2014 called\u00a0\u201croom attendants\u201d by the union \u2014 currently take home $72,000 a year \u2014 with some topping $100,000. On July 1,\u00a0they will start at $77,113.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>NYPD Transit Police patrol subway stations and subways during rush hour on Jan. 15, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By contrast, a new NYPD officer earns $60,884. A rookie firefighter makes $54,122 \u2014 and even after five years on the job, a smoke-eater\u2019s salary is still $74,998. Teachers with a master\u2019s degree start at $77,455.<\/p>\n<p>Factor in benefits and the true cost to hotel owners will now be $107,958 per employee annually, according to the Hotel Association of New York \u2014 and then rise to about $154,000 per year by the eighth year.<\/p>\n<p>Housekeepers already have as much as five weeks\u2019 vacation, plus sick days and holidays while benefits add 66% percent to hotel costs. For every dollar paid to the worker, the hotel owners contribute towards medical and pension benefits, along with legal, payroll taxes, Social Security and Medicare. The new contract also adds Juneteenth as a holiday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Last year, after a concerted campaign by the union to prepare for a possible strike this summer, Albany hiked unemployment benefits, cutting the waiting period to one or two weeks and boosting the payout by 72.42% \u2014 from $504 a week to $869. It was the largest single increase in state history, according to the union.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0porters\u00a0in privately owned residential buildings just got a 3% raise, to start at $32 per hour and while the new contract with LIRR workers gave them a 4.5% raise, hotel workers currently start at $40 per hour, with the new pact lifting pay to over $61 per hour by 2034.<\/p>\n<p>Already, 18 hotels have closed since COVID at a loss of over 6,000 jobs and dropping union membership from 30,000 to around 22,000, with over half of them room attendants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A rookie firefighter makes $54,122 \u2014 and even after five years on the job, a smoke-eater\u2019s salary is still $74,998.  <span class=\"credit\">William Miller for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hotel Association President Vijay Dandipani noted in a video posted on July 24, 2024 on the Hotel and Gaming Trades\u2019 Facebook that union president Rich Maroko \u201cpoints to the current contract as being `the gold standard\u2019 with the best protections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They now have a platinum contract.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe cost of operating a hotel has gone up every year since 2012 and operating income has dropped to the single digits,\u201d Dandapani told the Post. \u201cIf you are in the super luxury [class] you are all right, otherwise you are struggling in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Iran war and higher fuel prices have already put a damper on international travel to the city, while FIFA was supposed to elevate those numbers, reservations have been tepid with the union\u2019s strike threats alarming potential travelers. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThe cost of operating a hotel has gone up every year since 2012 and operating income has dropped to the single digits,\u201d Hotel Association President Vijay Dandapani told the Post, in part. <span class=\"credit\">Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Along with warning FIFA visitors of the \u201cdistinct possibility\u201d of strikes, pickets and lockouts during the World Cup, the union\u2019s\u00a0fifahotelstrike.org\u00a0website asked supporters to sign a statement that said: \u201cIf workers go on strike or call for a boycott, I will not eat, sleep, or meet at the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Under NYC law, guests have the right to cancel their reservations and get a full refund in the event of a strike, and I commit to exercise that right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In preparing for a potential strike, the union also expected socialist Mayor Mamdani to have its back after flipping its financial and door-knocking support in February 2025 from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to then-Assemblyman Mamdani for mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, who didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment by The Post, reportedly called the contract \u201ca win for our hospitality industry, our economy and for a city.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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