High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in North Carolina with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in North Carolina 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 North Carolina run 5.7% below the national average (2024), so a North Carolina salary is worth about 1.06× 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 North Carolina.

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

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OccupationMedian, North Carolina · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$56,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,770 – $76,2104,300
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,640 – $73,4905,550
3Pest Control Workers$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,990 – $61,9004,870
4Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$37,910
No formal educational credential
$30,580 – $47,49032,730
5Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$34,500
No formal educational credential
$25,740 – $42,43053,330
6Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$31,310
No formal educational credential
$23,990 – $40,11033,080

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

#	Occupation	MedianNorth Carolina	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,930	$44,770 – $76,210	4,300
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$34,640 – $73,490	5,550
3	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$31,990 – $61,900	4,870
4	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,910	$30,580 – $47,490	32,730
5	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$34,500	$25,740 – $42,430	53,330
6	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$31,310	$23,990 – $40,110	33,080

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