Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other · SOC 37-3019

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for grounds maintenance workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 62 metro areas

Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$80,080	30	0.0
2	Cleveland, OH	$71,800	40	0.0
3	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$71,050	60	0.0
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$62,570	120	0.0
5	St. Louis, MO-IL	$60,040	90	0.1
6	Kansas City, MO-KS	$59,610	40	0.0
7	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$57,870	Not published	Not published
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$56,840	200	0.2
9	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$55,360	70	0.0
10	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$54,610	40	0.0
11	Anchorage, AK	$54,080	90	0.5
12	Medford, OR	$53,120	40	0.5
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$52,280	190	0.1
14	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$51,690	70	0.2
15	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$51,270	40	0.0
16	Jacksonville, FL	$51,150	40	0.1
17	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$51,000	90	0.4
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$50,480	1,030	0.2
19	Bozeman, MT	$50,300	70	1.0
20	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$50,150	Not published	Not published
21	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$50,030	190	0.1
22	Bend, OR	$49,860	60	0.6
23	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$49,330	60	0.5
24	York-Hanover, PA	$49,020	30	0.2
25	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$48,970	390	0.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.