High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Florida with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Florida 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 Florida run 3.4% above the national average (2024), so a Florida salary is worth about 0.97× 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 Florida.

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

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OccupationMedian, Florida · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$51,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,060 – $80,09012,020
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$45,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $75,36015,320
3Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation$45,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,100 – $55,3704,530
4Pest Control Workers$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,960 – $61,89012,400
5Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$37,100
No formal educational credential
$30,660 – $47,39086,040
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$34,490
No formal educational credential
$28,800 – $42,930131,900
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$33,860
No formal educational credential
$28,840 – $44,87079,550

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

#	Occupation	MedianFlorida	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,290	$38,060 – $80,090	12,020
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,770	$35,260 – $75,360	15,320
3	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, VegetationHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,210	$35,100 – $55,370	4,530
4	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$34,960 – $61,890	12,400
5	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,100	$30,660 – $47,390	86,040
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$34,490	$28,800 – $42,930	131,900
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$33,860	$28,840 – $44,870	79,550

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