High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Nebraska with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Nebraska 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 Nebraska run 9.9% below the national average (2024), so a Nebraska 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 Nebraska.

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

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OccupationMedian, Nebraska · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$57,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,190 – $79,3201,010
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$48,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $68,0501,260
3Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $56,350380
4Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$39,140
No formal educational credential
$29,670 – $57,9607,280
5Pest Control Workers$38,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,330 – $66,200460
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$35,900
No formal educational credential
$29,920 – $46,12012,860
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$34,170
No formal educational credential
$28,320 – $40,9006,250

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

#	Occupation	MedianNebraska	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,820	$46,190 – $79,320	1,010
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,870	$37,130 – $68,050	1,260
3	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, VegetationHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$37,230 – $56,350	380
4	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$39,140	$29,670 – $57,960	7,280
5	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,960	$29,330 – $66,200	460
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$35,900	$29,920 – $46,120	12,860
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$34,170	$28,320 – $40,900	6,250

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