High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Washington with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in Washington 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 Washington run 7.0% above the national average (2024), so a Washington salary is worth about 0.93× 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 Washington.

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

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OccupationMedian, Washington · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$71,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,270 – $99,4302,030
2First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$63,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,000 – $82,6202,910
3Pest Control Workers$51,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,340 – $61,1901,430
4Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$46,950
No formal educational credential
$37,510 – $61,03022,550
5Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$45,520
No formal educational credential
$37,070 – $61,52047,380
6Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$42,180
No formal educational credential
$36,090 – $50,10018,480

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

#	Occupation	MedianWashington	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,930	$51,270 – $99,430	2,030
2	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,550	$47,000 – $82,620	2,910
3	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,300	$44,340 – $61,190	1,430
4	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$46,950	$37,510 – $61,030	22,550
5	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$45,520	$37,070 – $61,520	47,380
6	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$42,180	$36,090 – $50,100	18,480

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