Read more on salaries and benefits here. According to the BLS, housekeepers earned a median salary of $19,780, or approximately $9.51 per hour, in 2013. The best-paid earned about $31,900, while the lowest-paid earned less than $17,000.Areas of the industry that pay well include outpatient care centers and financial and business firms.est Paying Cities for Maids and Housekeepers. The highest paid in the maid and housekeeper profession work in the metropolitan areas of Oakland, California, Modesto, California, and San Francisco.