High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Kentucky

Every cleaning and grounds occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kentucky. 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 Kentucky run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Kentucky salary is worth about 1.11× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Kentucky.

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

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OccupationMedian, Kentucky · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$57,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,490 – $75,0801,360
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$45,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,970 – $63,4802,920
3Tree Trimmers and Pruners$44,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,890 – $57,4401,020
4Pest Control Workers$42,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,130 – $61,6701,030
5Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$36,670
No formal educational credential
$27,930 – $49,2508,920
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$32,320
No formal educational credential
$26,110 – $46,73025,750
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$30,880
No formal educational credential
$23,800 – $39,68012,040

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

#	Occupation	MedianKentucky	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,670	$40,490 – $75,080	1,360
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,860	$33,970 – $63,480	2,920
3	Tree Trimmers and PrunersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,410	$26,890 – $57,440	1,020
4	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,310	$30,130 – $61,670	1,030
5	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,670	$27,930 – $49,250	8,920
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$32,320	$26,110 – $46,730	25,750
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$30,880	$23,800 – $39,680	12,040

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kentucky. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Kentucky to rank honestly.

High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Kentucky

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