High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Pennsylvania with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania run 2.4% below the national average (2024), so a Pennsylvania salary is worth about 1.02× 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 Pennsylvania.

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

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OccupationMedian, Pennsylvania · Employed

1Tree Trimmers and Pruners$58,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,800 – $75,7503,160
2First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$55,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,500 – $76,3005,610
3First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$46,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,530 – $66,8606,250
4Pest Control Workers$45,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $60,0002,260
5Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$39,500
No formal educational credential
$29,780 – $53,32034,850
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,520
No formal educational credential
$28,060 – $48,24086,920
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$33,870
No formal educational credential
$27,370 – $42,45025,650

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

#	Occupation	MedianPennsylvania	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Tree Trimmers and PrunersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,200	$46,800 – $75,750	3,160
2	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,450	$44,500 – $76,300	5,610
3	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,920	$33,530 – $66,860	6,250
4	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,720	$36,910 – $60,000	2,260
5	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$39,500	$29,780 – $53,320	34,850
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$36,520	$28,060 – $48,240	86,920
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$33,870	$27,370 – $42,450	25,650

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