High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Ohio with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Ohio 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 Ohio run 7.2% below the national average (2024), so a Ohio 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 Ohio.

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

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OccupationMedian, Ohio · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$55,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,800 – $79,2604,120
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $64,3705,730
3Pest Control Workers$40,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $58,8902,170
4Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$38,220
No formal educational credential
$28,670 – $49,07034,420
5Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$35,900
No formal educational credential
$28,460 – $48,46072,540
6Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$32,170
No formal educational credential
$27,650 – $37,75028,930

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

#	Occupation	MedianOhio	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,680	$42,800 – $79,260	4,120
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$34,430 – $64,370	5,730
3	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,110	$35,590 – $58,890	2,170
4	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$38,220	$28,670 – $49,070	34,420
5	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$35,900	$28,460 – $48,460	72,540
6	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$32,170	$27,650 – $37,750	28,930

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