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The cleaning wo/men I know make pretty good money here; more than I do, actually, and I've been here 24 years! Cleaning women (and men) make over $12 an hour doing private cleaning jobs in homes, and probably more than that in post offices and other businesses. So, don't put down cleaning jobs. They can be very good sources of money.

I would never put down cleaning people. It's an honest, honorable job. However, $12 an hour really isn't much money, especially in the more expensive areas of the country, and particularly when you consider the costs of childcare that come into play when a single parent works multiple shifts.

In any event, $12/hr isn't enough to live on and pay private school tuition.