High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in New Mexico with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in New Mexico 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 New Mexico run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a New Mexico salary is worth about 1.08× 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 New Mexico.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Mexico · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$59,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,710 – $89,600530
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$44,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,200 – $77,680890
3Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$37,560
No formal educational credential
$29,860 – $48,8605,030
4Pest Control Workers$37,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $70,410320
5Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,020
No formal educational credential
$29,070 – $45,03014,360
6Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$30,480
No formal educational credential
$26,950 – $37,7306,180

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Mexico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,120	$43,710 – $89,600	530
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,840	$32,200 – $77,680	890
3	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,560	$29,860 – $48,860	5,030
4	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,070	$28,600 – $70,410	320
5	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$36,020	$29,070 – $45,030	14,360
6	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$30,480	$26,950 – $37,730	6,180

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