Now hiring 1099 contractors

Clean the biggest homes in Dallas at YOUR convenience. Get paid like the best.

Be part of a boutique operation consisting of detail-obsessed cleaning professionals. Paid 25% above the Dallas market, with a path to W-2 and full benefits for those interested. You choose when you work.

Apply now5–10 min · reply in 5 business days
25%
above market · +100% tips
1–4
jobs / week to start
W-2
path to full benefits — if interested
Paid above the marketYou earn ~25% above comparable Dallas cleaning roles — plus 100% of your tips and cash bonuses from the owner for exceptional work and customer recognition.
Work on your termsPick up 1–4 quality jobs a week to start. Keep your other work — you tell us the days, radius, and arrival windows that fit your life.
A real path to W-2Interested contractors with strong performance and customer feedback will be given the option to convert to W-2 in a year — healthcare, 401(k) match, 21 PTO days, 10 paid holidays, and 6 weeks paid paternity leave. We value the people who make the business work.
The job

The work itself, in plain terms.

You clean private homes for people who notice everything — recurring maintenance visits, deep cleans, and detailed move-in and move-out work. Every room, kitchens and baths, appliances, interior windows, blinds, and the detail work most companies skip. Jobs are scheduled around the days and arrival windows you give us.

Where the work is
Map of the Dust Whisperers service area across the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

If it's on the map, it's in our service zone. You can specify your maximum mileage preferences on your application.

We clean in the Greater DFW area from Denton to Arlington, and Plano to Dallas. This includes some of the nicest homes in Highland Park, Preston Hollow, and University Park, and we're looking for a few more cleaners to work with.

How we operate

Take the extra thirty minutes.

We are not a high-volume, get-in-and-out operation. We hire for personality and an eye for detail. We will never assign you more homes in a day than you can clean to our standard. If a job needs an extra 30 minutes, take the extra 30 minutes.

How we hire

We don't care how long your résumé is. If selected for an interview, our conversation will focus on your drive to impress your clients. We'll show you exactly the standard these homes are held to, and pay you to prove it on a real job before anyone commits either way.

What you'll need to start.

Nothing here is a surprise later — every item is confirmed during onboarding.

Non-negotiables
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States, with documentation
  • 18 or older, and willing to consent to a background check
  • Reliable vehicle, valid driver's license, and current auto insurance
  • Smartphone with a working camera and a data plan
  • Willing to use green, non-toxic products exclusively — experience preferred
  • Comfortable working as a 1099 contractor, including your own taxes
  • Physically up for the work — several hours on your feet, stairs, and lifting up to 25 lbs
How you work
  • Comfortable in large, high-end homes — including homes with security systems, household staff, pets, and young children
  • Discreet. These are private homes, and you may have to sign a confidentiality agreement
  • Willing to use our platform for scheduling, task completion times, and communication with our team and the customer. Training is provided — we ask for task times so we can sharpen our hourly estimates and pricing.
  • On time for your arrival window, and quick to tell us when something changes
  • Enough spoken English to work directly with clients and our team
  • No smoking in or around a client's home
Meet the owner

Before you apply, meet the person you'll work with.

We're not a high-volume, get-in-and-out operation. I hire for personality and an eye for detail, pay for it, and never assign more homes in a day than you can clean to our standard. We're also new, and honest about it — to start this is an extra few jobs a week, not your whole paycheck. It grows as we do.

Matthew PeterfiFounder & Owner, Dust Whisperers · Dallas–Fort Worth
I read every application myself.And you'll hear back — from a real person — within 5 business days.
You'd be one of our first cleaners.Helping a new company differentiate on quality — with a direct line to me, not a call center.
A hello from MattA short note to applicants before you start
25%above marketeffective pay vs. comparable Dallas roles.
1–4jobs / weekto start — grows as we do.
100%of your tipsnever pooled, never skimmed.
1 yearW-2 pathinterested contractors convert as we grow.
August 2026first jobsacross North Dallas & Collin County.
5 daysto hear backevery applicant, from a real person.
Why join the Dust Whisperers

Built around the people who do the work.

We are not a high-volume, get-in-and-out operation. We hire for personality and an eye for detail, pay for it, and never assign more homes in a day than you can clean to our standard.

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Get paid 25% above the Dallas market.

You earn a percentage of every job’s price plus 100% of your tips — set so your take-home lands about 25% above what comparable W-2 cleaning roles pay around Dallas.

We also pay cash bonuses for exceptional client feedback. Do beautiful work and you make more, every time.

Entry $21–$25/hr · Mid $27–$31/hr · Senior $33–$40/hr effective, plus tips and bonuses. These rates represent averages for each level. Exceptions exist below and above the range.

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Pick up work on your terms — we won’t be your whole paycheck on day one.

We’re a new company, and we’re honest about it: to start, this is an extra 1–4 quality jobs a week, not your sole source of income. That’s by design.

Keep your other work, set the days and arrival windows that fit your life, and grow your volume with us as our schedule fills. We ask for partial flexibility in hours — not your whole calendar.

Tell us the days, travel radius, and arrival windows that work for you in the application.

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A real path to W-2 and full benefits.

Interested contractors with strong performance and customer feedback can be offered W-2 employment starting around year 1. That isn’t a vague promise — it comes with a real benefits package.

Healthcare, a 401(k) with a match on the first 3% you contribute, 21 PTO days, 10 paid holidays, and 6 weeks of paid maternity / paternity leave.

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Help build it — and get rewarded for being the best.

Our whole philosophy is simple: build the happiest, most motivated team, and reward them for being the best. Happy people doing careful work is the entire business.

You’d be one of our first cleaners, helping a new company differentiate on quality — and a staff rewards program launches in year two to keep paying that back.

Founding team · direct line to the owner · staff rewards program begins year 2.

Pay

Paid above market today. Looked after tomorrow.

You start as a 1099 contractor earning well over the local rate. As the business grows, strong cleaners may convert to W-2 employees with a benefits package built to keep our best people for the long run.

As a 1099 contractor
25% above marketA percentage of every job’s price, set so your effective pay runs ~25% over comparable Dallas roles.
100% of your tipsTips are yours, in full — never pooled, never skimmed.
Quality bonusesCash bonuses when clients call out exceptional work.
Paid per jobStraightforward, direct pay for the work you do — no shifts, no clock to punch.
When you convert to W-2
GreatHealthcareQuality medical coverage
401(k)Retirement matchWe match the first 3% you contribute
21 daysPaid time offPlus 10 paid holidays
6 weeksParental leavePaid maternity / paternity
Year 1W-2 conversionInterested contractors convert as we grow
Year 2Staff rewardsA rewards program just for the team

Benefits apply to W-2 staff. Timelines reflect our current growth plan and may shift as the business scales.

How to apply

Six steps, all online.

01Apply

Fill out the application

The application lives on our site and takes about 5–10 minutes. Your experience, availability, the homes you’re comfortable in, and what cleaning means to you.

02Talk

Video call with the owner

A 30–45 minute conversation, owner to applicant. We hire for personality and an eye for detail, so this is a real conversation, not a checklist.

03Verify

W-9 and background check

Fill out W-9 information and complete a background check through our provider.

04Offer

We make you an offer

We agree on the level you’re starting at and what it pays, so there are no surprises before you take a job.

05Onboard

Provide onboarding material

Insurance proof, a signed working contract, and registration with our banking partner for automatic payments.

06Clean

Take your first job

Take your first job when you want it. You pick from what’s available on the days and arrival windows you gave us.

We read every application and reply within 5 business days.
Roles

Three roles. One standard.

We recognize three role levels based on your history, aptitude, working desires, and years of relevant experience. We believe each of these roles contribute a different level of value to our business and so compensation will vary. During the offer phase, we will discuss the role level that we see you starting at, which will drive your specific compensation per job. 100% of all tips and any owner-given quality bonuses are not yet reflected in the amounts below.

Entry

Capable of solo-cleaning small homes

Typically 1–3 years · ~$21–$25/hr equivalent

Who thrives hereLooking to build on your reputation and skillset to clean bigger homesAttention to detailEmpathy and a willingness to care about the homes you are cleaningAffinity for pets, since many homes have themEnough social skills to earn long-term, repeat customers and generate positive feedbackHave all the gear — industrial vacuums, green cleaning supplies, and microfiber clothsA desire to inspect your own work before rushing out the door, because you care about repeat customers
Most sought

Mid

Seasoned and able to clean professional homes

Typically 3–9 years · ~$27–$31/hr equivalent

Everything in Entry, plusYears in professional homesCan do a brief walkthrough with the customer and immediately turn it into a plan of attack before starting a professional or luxury homeAble to pivot when homeowners or their guests are on scene during your cleaningValue customer feedback and incorporate it on your next visitCan balance being detailed with being efficient

Senior

The cleaner every homeowner wants in their luxury home

Typically 10+ years · ~$33–$40/hr equivalent

Everything in Mid, plusYears in high-end luxury homesAlready have a strong following of customers, proving your ability to generate businessThrow in the occasional extra to impress — something small they didn’t ask for, towels folded, that kind of thingCleaning and leadership skills strong enough to lead and oversee cleaning teams on large engagementsYou have set standards for how to clean a home based on its type and size before you even walk through itTop-notch social skills, inside and outside the company

If you feel your initial role level was too low, we will frequently evaluate performance over time and make the appropriate adjustments when warranted. Our goal is to compensate contractors for the value they bring the business.

The kit & the scope

What you carry, and what we take on.

Green products — required, you buy your own

Every job uses green, non-toxic products exclusively — it's how we protect our clients' kids, pets, and air quality. As a 1099 contractor you purchase your own supplies and gear; we tell you exactly what to carry, and it's a deductible business cost. Experience with green cleaning is preferred.

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What's in scope — and what isn't

You'll do interior residential cleaning: every room, kitchens and baths, appliances, interior windows, blinds, and detail work. A few things we deliberately don't take on — so you're never asked to do unsafe or uninsured work:

Exterior windowsladder work needs separate liability coverage.
Carpet & upholstery steam cleaningspecialist equipment and chemistry.
Post-construction cleanupa different crew, tools, and insurance.
Build a happy, motivated team and reward them for being the best.

Our hiring philosophy

Come build something worth being proud of.

  • Part-time 1099 to start — keep your other work, pick up 1–4 jobs a week
  • Paid 25% above market, with a real path to W-2 and full benefits as we grow
  • Six steps, all online — from application to your first job
Apply now

We read every application and reach out within 5 business days.