High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Kansas with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Kansas 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 Kansas run 9.9% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas salary is worth about 1.11× 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 Kansas.

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

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OccupationMedian, Kansas · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$61,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,840 – $79,5801,110
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$49,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,920 – $74,7701,570
3Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,290 – $62,250520
4Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$39,330
No formal educational credential
$29,680 – $49,3009,480
5Pest Control Workers$38,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,590 – $60,000760
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$34,480
No formal educational credential
$27,840 – $45,41017,220
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$31,100
No formal educational credential
$26,310 – $38,7507,540

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

#	Occupation	MedianKansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,270	$44,840 – $79,580	1,110
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,780	$36,920 – $74,770	1,570
3	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, VegetationHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$38,290 – $62,250	520
4	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$39,330	$29,680 – $49,300	9,480
5	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,690	$27,590 – $60,000	760
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$34,480	$27,840 – $45,410	17,220
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$31,100	$26,310 – $38,750	7,540

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