High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Illinois with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Illinois 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 Illinois run 0.0% below the national average (2024), so a Illinois salary is worth about 1.00× 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 Illinois.

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

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OccupationMedian, Illinois · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$53,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,480 – $85,6703,460
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$49,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,290 – $76,0505,090
3Pest Control Workers$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,120 – $62,4502,470
4Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$43,790
No formal educational credential
$32,010 – $61,19034,780
5Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$37,810
No formal educational credential
$31,560 – $50,00093,760
6Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,380
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $49,91026,150

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

#	Occupation	MedianIllinois	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,340	$39,480 – $85,670	3,460
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,410	$38,290 – $76,050	5,090
3	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$36,120 – $62,450	2,470
4	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$43,790	$32,010 – $61,190	34,780
5	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$37,810	$31,560 – $50,000	93,760
6	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$36,380	$31,200 – $49,910	26,150

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