High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Indiana with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Indiana 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 Indiana run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Indiana salary is worth about 1.07× 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 Indiana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Indiana · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$62,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,750 – $89,9502,230
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$50,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,030 – $75,9402,840
3Tree Trimmers and Pruners$46,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $58,9101,850
4Pest Control Workers$38,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,290 – $60,9201,670
5Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$38,070
No formal educational credential
$28,870 – $49,82019,260
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,460
No formal educational credential
$28,860 – $46,49049,220
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$31,420
No formal educational credential
$28,210 – $39,15011,050

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

#	Occupation	MedianIndiana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,040	$40,750 – $89,950	2,230
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,570	$37,030 – $75,940	2,840
3	Tree Trimmers and PrunersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,050	$37,900 – $58,910	1,850
4	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,600	$35,290 – $60,920	1,670
5	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$38,070	$28,870 – $49,820	19,260
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$36,460	$28,860 – $46,490	49,220
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$31,420	$28,210 – $39,150	11,050

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