High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Missouri with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Missouri 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 Missouri run 9.2% below the national average (2024), so a Missouri salary is worth about 1.10× 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 Missouri.

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

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OccupationMedian, Missouri · Employed

1Tree Trimmers and Pruners$61,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,560 – $70,950970
2First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$48,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,040 – $74,4701,760
3First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$45,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,230 – $70,8503,130
4Pest Control Workers$42,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,850 – $48,5601,440
5Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$38,520
No formal educational credential
$30,610 – $50,43018,310
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$35,900
No formal educational credential
$29,340 – $46,35041,070
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$33,670
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $39,35015,360

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

#	Occupation	MedianMissouri	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Tree Trimmers and PrunersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,140	$37,560 – $70,950	970
2	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,710	$40,040 – $74,470	1,760
3	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,660	$35,230 – $70,850	3,130
4	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,690	$29,850 – $48,560	1,440
5	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$38,520	$30,610 – $50,430	18,310
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$35,900	$29,340 – $46,350	41,070
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$33,670	$28,600 – $39,350	15,360

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