Highest-paying Cities for Other Grounds Maintenance Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other grounds maintenance workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other grounds maintenance workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $72,510, Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona is the highest paying city for other grounds maintenance workers. It is followed by Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts (average annual salary $66,830). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other grounds maintenance workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Grounds Maintenance Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$72,510	$43,310	30
2	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$66,830	$31,100	40
3	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$65,820	$54,850	30
4	Wilmington, New Jersey	$65,050	$22,840	50
5	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$63,270	$37,520	40
6	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$62,830	$28,280	30
7	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$61,820	$39,650	40
8	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$61,250	$33,730	n/a
9	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$60,610	$40,440	60
10	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$60,150	$52,580	40
11	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$59,740	$34,680	80
12	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$59,600	$30,860	50
13	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$56,020	$26,870	40
14	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$53,290	$48,780	30
15	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$53,110	$22,710	n/a
16	Kansas City, Missouri	$52,730	$29,500	30
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$51,240	$34,590	290
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,770	$36,160	480
19	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$49,780	$37,830	110
20	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$49,220	$42,370	n/a
21	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$49,170	$42,010	100
22	Charlottesville, Virginia	$48,470	$43,520	n/a
23	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$48,460	$24,330	40
24	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$48,020	$36,310	270
25	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$48,000	$29,120	30
26	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$47,970	$32,680	40
27	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$47,960	$16,870	n/a
28	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$47,220	$43,440	90
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$47,210	$29,720	2,040
30	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$47,190	$36,900	60
31	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$47,190	$36,900	n/a
32	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$46,990	$37,420	120
33	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$46,870	$23,170	30
34	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$46,810	$32,870	n/a
35	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$46,400	$32,550	60
36	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$46,080	$19,610	30
37	Jacksonville, Florida	$45,980	$27,860	30
38	St Louis, Missouri	$45,730	$30,020	110
39	Fresno, California	$45,430	$29,730	70
40	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$45,310	$31,180	120
41	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$45,090	$34,220	250
42	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$44,940	$32,220	100
43	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$44,790	$40,190	90
44	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$44,560	$29,580	90
45	Boulder, Colorado	$44,320	$38,450	50
46	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$44,220	$36,390	80
47	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$43,690	$16,730	70
48	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$43,550	$32,110	n/a
49	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$43,410	$34,120	30
50	Springfield, Illinois	$43,270	$26,180	30
51	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$43,070	$32,170	30
52	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,920	$32,300	30
53	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$42,900	$29,950	500
54	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$42,830	$20,000	320
55	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$42,640	$36,400	130
56	Columbus, Ohio	$42,500	$31,800	70
57	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$42,310	$29,390	160
58	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$42,230	$31,780	70
59	Fairbanks, Alaska	$42,130	$26,130	n/a
60	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$41,890	$31,090	60
61	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$41,690	$28,960	110
62	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$41,600	$31,140	100
63	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$41,460	$38,750	170
64	Stockton, California	$40,820	$33,420	90
65	Salt Lake City, Utah	$40,760	$24,610	60
66	Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$40,610	$21,120	n/a
67	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$40,540	$28,710	40
68	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$40,210	$21,630	40
69	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$40,170	$28,300	50
70	Wichita, Kansas	$40,080	$17,570	n/a
71	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$40,050	$36,650	50
72	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$39,800	$29,540	70
73	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$39,590	$29,050	80
74	Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$39,580	$22,700	n/a
75	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$39,520	$39,520	30
76	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$39,370	$17,160	40
77	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$39,220	$30,730	90
78	Duluth, Wisconsin	$38,830	$21,800	50
79	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$38,650	$20,260	40
80	Tacoma, Washington	$38,200	$33,920	n/a
81	Salem, Oregon	$38,110	$27,390	n/a
82	Camden, New Jersey	$37,980	$25,370	40
83	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$37,750	$37,170	200
84	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$37,600	$29,730	30
85	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$37,320	$23,410	40
86	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$36,940	$34,250	80
87	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$36,700	$22,190	n/a
88	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$36,670	$36,670	70
89	Anchorage, Alaska	$36,640	$27,890	30
90	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$36,520	$23,330	210
91	Missoula, Montana	$36,470	$36,470	40
92	Peoria, Illinois	$36,330	$29,690	60
93	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,270	$29,120	240
94	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$36,040	$27,950	500
95	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$36,030	$27,330	80
96	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$35,980	$28,840	40
97	Bend, Oregon	$35,870	$27,530	50
98	Jackson, Mississippi	$35,850	$25,100	n/a
99	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$35,810	$28,110	150
100	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$35,570	$28,850	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other grounds maintenance workers.