Window Cleaners: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Window Cleaners is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 9123) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Window cleaner
6European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
8countries report a surplus
858open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
9123ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 6 European countries reported a shortage of window cleaners: Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Netherlands and Romania. 8 reported a surplus: Austria, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. Finland appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest window cleaners job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

768 open ads
  • Window cleaner
    German title: Glasreiniger
    Thomas Hahn · Hamburg · Posted 2026-10-16
  • Window cleaner
    German title: Glasreiniger
    Piepenbrock Dienstleistungen GmbH & Co. KG · Siegen · Posted 2026-10-14
  • Window cleaner
    German title: Glasreiniger
    ISD Immobilien Service Deutschland · Essen, Ruhr · Posted 2026-10-09
  • Window cleaner
    German title: Glasreiniger
    iperdi AHR GmbH - Niederlassung Ludwigslust · Hagenow · Posted 2026-10-07
  • Window cleaner
    German title: Glasreiniger
    ARWA Personaldienstleistungen GmbH · Bentwisch bei Rostock · Posted 2026-10-02
  • Window cleaner
    German title: Glasreiniger
    Fidenti Personal GmbH Dienstleistung · Oldenburg (Oldb) · Posted 2026-10-02

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

90 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where window cleaners are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all workers in elementary occupations (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
BelgiumShortage€2,924 a month *Brussels: €1,150
BulgariaShortage€488 a monthSofia: €650
GermanyShortage€2,150 a monthBerlin: €1,350
NetherlandsShortage€1,983 a monthNot yet verified
RomaniaShortage€720 a month *Not yet verified
FinlandShortage and surplus€2,454 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
AustriaSurplus€2,243 a month *Vienna: €1,250
GreeceSurplus€1,130 a month *Athens: €1,150
LatviaSurplus€908 a monthRiga: €870
LuxembourgSurplus€2,963 a month *Luxembourg: €1,900
SlovakiaSurplus€910 a monthBratislava: €910
SpainSurplus€1,523 a monthMadrid: €1,300
SwedenSurplus€2,611 a month *Stockholm: €2,100

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all workers in elementary occupations in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for window cleaners alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What window cleaners do

Window cleaners wash and polish windows and other glass fittings.

Typical tasks

  • Washing windows or other glass surfaces with water or various solutions, drying and polishing them
  • Using ladders, swinging scaffolds, bosun´s chairs, hydraulic bucket trucks and other equipment to reach and clean windows in multistorey buildings
  • Selecting appropriate cleaning or polishing implement

Finding window cleaners jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Window cleaner".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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