High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Columbus, GA-AL

Every cleaning and grounds occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, GA-AL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single cleaning and grounds job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Columbus, GA-AL run 10.7% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, GA-AL salary is worth about 1.12× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Columbus, GA-AL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,150 – $62,350110
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$42,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,080 – $71,370190
3Tree Trimmers and Pruners$34,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,950 – $53,40050
4Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$34,310
No formal educational credential
$26,210 – $42,400450
5Pest Control Workers$33,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,630 – $57,900170
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$30,320
No formal educational credential
$21,610 – $38,1701,450
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$26,740
No formal educational credential
$22,490 – $33,110710

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, GA-AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$34,150 – $62,350	110
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,480	$30,080 – $71,370	190
3	Tree Trimmers and PrunersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,410	$17,950 – $53,400	50
4	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,310	$26,210 – $42,400	450
5	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,770	$27,630 – $57,900	170
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$30,320	$21,610 – $38,170	1,450
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$26,740	$22,490 – $33,110	710

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Columbus, GA-AL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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