High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in West Virginia with no degree

The best paid cleaning and grounds occupations in West Virginia 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 West Virginia run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a West Virginia salary is worth about 1.12× 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 West Virginia.

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

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OccupationMedian, West Virginia · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$55,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,290 – $81,450390
2Tree Trimmers and Pruners$49,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,350 – $57,2601,420
3First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$41,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,770 – $63,640740
4Pest Control Workers$37,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,080 – $50,780460
5Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$32,240
No formal educational credential
$25,330 – $42,6103,340
6Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$30,980
No formal educational credential
$23,400 – $44,7009,340
7Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$28,090
No formal educational credential
$22,510 – $36,2406,110

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

#	Occupation	MedianWest Virginia	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,910	$37,290 – $81,450	390
2	Tree Trimmers and PrunersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,140	$36,350 – $57,260	1,420
3	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,450	$28,770 – $63,640	740
4	Pest Control WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,510	$26,080 – $50,780	460
5	Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,240	$25,330 – $42,610	3,340
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$30,980	$23,400 – $44,700	9,340
7	Maids and Housekeeping CleanersNo formal educational credential	$28,090	$22,510 – $36,240	6,110

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