High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Iowa with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Iowa 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 Iowa run 12.2% below the national average (2024), so a Iowa salary is worth about 1.14× 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 Iowa.

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

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OccupationMedian, Iowa · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$57,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,130 – $80,1801,140
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$47,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,330 – $66,1102,000
3Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation$46,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,910 – $55,400600
4Pest Control Workers$45,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,750 – $57,250540
5Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$38,920
No formal educational credential
$28,480 – $58,4208,800
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$35,380
No formal educational credential
$28,490 – $47,30023,960
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$32,620
No formal educational credential
$28,630 – $38,0708,160

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

#	Occupation	MedianIowa	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,670	$39,130 – $80,180	1,140
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,200	$36,330 – $66,110	2,000
3	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, VegetationHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,740	$37,910 – $55,400	600
4	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,290	$35,750 – $57,250	540
5	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$38,920	$28,480 – $58,420	8,800
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$35,380	$28,490 – $47,300	23,960
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$32,620	$28,630 – $38,070	8,160

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