High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Maryland with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Maryland 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 Maryland run 5.0% above the national average (2024), so a Maryland salary is worth about 0.95× 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 Maryland.

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

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OccupationMedian, Maryland · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$54,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,000 – $76,0203,900
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$49,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,190 – $74,3103,550
3Pest Control Workers$47,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,810 – $65,5001,670
4Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$39,380
No formal educational credential
$35,990 – $55,49017,440
5Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,620
No formal educational credential
$31,850 – $48,45040,390
6Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$35,500
No formal educational credential
$31,210 – $42,18014,690

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

#	Occupation	MedianMaryland	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,730	$44,000 – $76,020	3,900
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,550	$37,190 – $74,310	3,550
3	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,360	$37,810 – $65,500	1,670
4	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$39,380	$35,990 – $55,490	17,440
5	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$36,620	$31,850 – $48,450	40,390
6	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$35,500	$31,210 – $42,180	14,690

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