High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Arkansas with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Arkansas that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Arkansas run 13.1% below the national average (2024), so a Arkansas salary is worth about 1.15× 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 Arkansas.

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

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OccupationMedian, Arkansas · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$49,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $73,8001,140
2Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation$37,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,010 – $51,290490
3Pest Control Workers$37,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,900 – $55,9701,030
4First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$37,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,480 – $53,8501,490
5Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$35,770
No formal educational credential
$26,710 – $45,3106,610
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$29,750
No formal educational credential
$25,110 – $38,12019,490
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$27,960
No formal educational credential
$23,690 – $35,1906,930

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

#	Occupation	MedianArkansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,890	$37,470 – $73,800	1,140
2	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, VegetationHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,860	$32,010 – $51,290	490
3	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,710	$30,900 – $55,970	1,030
4	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,500	$29,480 – $53,850	1,490
5	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,770	$26,710 – $45,310	6,610
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$29,750	$25,110 – $38,120	19,490
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$27,960	$23,690 – $35,190	6,930

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Arkansas. 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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