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Find your busy times
Morning arrivals, lunch and the afternoon.
Day porter services
Day porter services that keep your building fresh all day.
Day porters keep lobbies, restrooms and breakrooms tidy while your business is open, so your space looks great at any hour.
Day porter services from Astra.
Busy workplaces need attention during the day too. A day porter keeps everything fresh between nightly cleanings.
Astra day porters check and restock restrooms, tidy breakrooms and kitchens, empty trash, wipe entrances and high-touch surfaces and handle spills as they happen.
It’s the easiest way to keep a busy building looking its best all day.
Step by step
How it works.
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Set the porter’s rounds
Restrooms, breakrooms, lobby and entrances.
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Porter on site
A friendly porter keeps things fresh while you work.
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Night crew follows
Your regular janitorial team handles the deep cleaning.
A day in the life of a porter.
A porter’s day follows your building’s rhythm. Early on, the focus is the entrance and lobby, with glass, floors and trash ready for morning arrivals. Mid-morning brings the first restroom round: fixtures wiped, floors spot-cleaned, paper and soap restocked.
Lunch is the busiest stretch for kitchens and breakrooms, so tables, counters and sinks get attention right after the rush. The afternoon repeats the restroom and lobby rounds, with spills and small messes handled the moment they turn up.
Where porters make the biggest difference.
Porters suit buildings where people never really stop arriving: downtown office towers in San Francisco, state and government offices in Sacramento, civic buildings in Oakland and tech campuses in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara with kitchens in constant use.
Smaller sites benefit too. A practice with a busy waiting room or a retail center with shared restrooms can stay fresh with a porter for just the peak hours. See how porters fit into medical office cleaning.
Planning porter coverage.
Start by noticing when your space looks its worst. If restrooms slip by eleven or the breakroom is a mess by two, those are the hours to cover. The porter’s rounds are written into your plan, so everyone knows which areas are checked and how often.
The porter and the night crew work from one plan. Daytime rounds keep things presentable, while the nightly janitorial team takes on the deeper cleaning that’s easier with the building empty.
How much a day porter costs
Day porters are billed by the hour. As 2026 published market data shows, most porter hours across our service area land between $31 and $47; straightforward routes in Carson City and Reno can come in near $28, and demanding San Francisco assignments with several floors and constant restroom checks can reach $57.
Hours times rate sets the monthly cost. A full-time porter on a 40-hour week works about 173 hours a month, so at $40 an hour, all-day coverage on a Fremont corporate campus would cost roughly $6,930 a month for lobbies, restrooms and kitchens. A smaller office that only needs help from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays books about 65 hours a month instead.
The route and the hours move the rate. A porter restocking restrooms on several floors, handling spills in a busy lobby and resetting meeting rooms between bookings costs more than one covering a single floor. Early starts, weekend shifts and short-notice coverage raise it, as do prevailing-wage terms on some public work. We find your busy times together at a free walkthrough and put the porter’s hours and rounds in a written plan and quote.
Day porter or night janitor?
A day porter works while your building is open, and the job is keeping it presentable in real time: restroom rounds and restocking, breakroom resets after lunch, lobby glass and entry mats, spills, the busiest bins and a quick tidy of meeting rooms between bookings. A night janitor arrives once people have gone and does the work that needs an empty building: full restroom cleaning, vacuuming every floor, kitchens top to bottom and the floor care cycle.
Busy buildings often pair the two, with the porter holding the standard through the day and the night crew resetting it. Our guide to daytime porter or evening janitorial service walks through the choice in more detail.
A few useful answers
Common questions
How many hours of porter coverage do we need?
We’ll recommend coverage based on your traffic, from a few peak hours to a full day.
Can porters work alongside nightly cleaning?
Yes, porter and janitorial service work hand in hand.
Do porters restock supplies?
Yes. Restroom and breakroom restocking is included, using supplies we provide or your own stock.
Will a porter get in our team’s way?
No. Porters work around people quietly, focusing on shared spaces.
Can we have a porter just a few hours a day?
Yes. Porter help can be booked for just your busiest hours, such as the lunch rush or the morning arrival.
Should our porter come every day or only on busy days?
Match coverage to your traffic. Some buildings want a porter every weekday, while others book only their heaviest days, such as Mondays or days with large meetings.
What does a porter do when nothing looks dirty?
There’s always a next round: wiping touch points, checking restroom supplies, straightening the lobby and resetting the breakroom before the next wave of people.
Who tells the porter what to focus on?
Your plan sets the regular rounds, and your on-site contact can point the porter to a spill or a messy room at any time.
Does a day porter do the same work as our janitor?
Not quite. A janitor cleans the whole building after hours, while a day porter keeps it tidy during business hours with rounds of restrooms, breakrooms, lobbies and spills. The two work well side by side, from one written plan.
How do you price day porter coverage?
By the hour. Monthly hours times the hourly rate sets the cost, and the route, the number of floors, early or weekend shifts and short-notice coverage move the rate. The 2026 market range is on this page, and your written quote shows the exact hours.
Pair it with
Add to your plan
01 / Recurring
Janitorial services
Reliable recurring janitorial service that keeps your whole facility clean and ready every morning.
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Office cleaning
Desks, kitchens, restrooms and meeting rooms cleaned to a standard your team notices.
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Medical and dental office cleaning
Spotless waiting rooms, exam rooms and restrooms for practices patients trust.
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Who it’s for.
01 / Industry
Offices
A clean office makes your team more comfortable and your business look its best.
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Medical and Dental
Patients trust practices that look spotless.
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Apartment Common Areas
Residents and prospects notice clean common areas.
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