High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Maine with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Maine 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 Maine run 3.0% below the national average (2024), so a Maine salary is worth about 1.03× 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 Maine.

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

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OccupationMedian, Maine · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$62,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,460 – $77,950790
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$55,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,790 – $73,190670
3Pest Control Workers$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,130 – $60,300320
4Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$45,970
No formal educational credential
$34,800 – $57,6206,410
5Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$38,940
No formal educational credential
$34,530 – $49,3609,180
6Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$37,630
No formal educational credential
$34,520 – $44,5604,960

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

#	Occupation	MedianMaine	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,300	$47,460 – $77,950	790
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,810	$41,790 – $73,190	670
3	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$46,130 – $60,300	320
4	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$45,970	$34,800 – $57,620	6,410
5	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$38,940	$34,530 – $49,360	9,180
6	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$37,630	$34,520 – $44,560	4,960

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