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Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other · SOC 37-3019

Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other Salary in the Santa Maria Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area

Figures describe the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Santa Maria city limits.

Median annual wage$38,010
Median hourly wage$18.28

Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area earned a median of $38,010 per year ($18.28 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,990 at the 10th percentile to $50,910 at the 90th.

Pay distribution

Half of Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other in the Santa Maria metro area earn more than $38,010 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,010 and $48,610.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$37,990$38,010$38,010$48,610$50,910
Hourly$18.27$18.28$18.28$23.37$24.48

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Santa Maria metro areathis metro area
    $38,010
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $48,870
  • United Statesnational
    $46,860

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −22% vs California overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$28,810$45,900$62,990$80,080Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $28,810Monroe, LA — $30,480Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $31,420Boulder, CO — $31,490Charleston, WV — $32,180Pittsburgh, PA — $33,280Lafayette, LA — $33,810Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $33,970Alexandria, LA — $34,100Baton Rouge, LA — $35,810Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $36,470New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $36,960Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $38,010Chattanooga, TN-GA — $38,250Redding, CA — $38,420Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,930Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,870Knoxville, TN — $40,550Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $41,460Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $43,240Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $43,680Savannah, GA — $43,730Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,160Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,500Colorado Springs, CO — $45,590Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,860Fresno, CA — $46,110Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,130Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,310Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $46,900Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,030Missoula, MT — $47,490Stockton-Lodi, CA — $47,640Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $48,110San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $48,830Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $48,880Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $48,900San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $48,970York-Hanover, PA — $49,020San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $49,330Bend, OR — $49,860Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $50,030San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $50,150Bozeman, MT — $50,300Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $50,480Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $51,000Jacksonville, FL — $51,150Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $51,270Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $51,690Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $52,280Medford, OR — $53,120Anchorage, AK — $54,080Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $54,610Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $55,360San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $56,840Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $57,870Kansas City, MO-KS — $59,610St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,040New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $62,570Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $71,050Cleveland, OH — $71,800Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $80,080

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Santa Maria metro area has the 50th-highest published median for this occupation among the 62 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for grounds maintenance workers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Santa Maria metro areathis page
    $38,010
  • San Jose metro area
    $56,840
  • Bakersfield metro area
    $51,690
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $51,000
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $50,480
  • San Luis Obispo metro area
    $49,330
  • San Diego metro area
    $48,970

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$37,900Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$45,230Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$38,400First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$58,900First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$56,670Tree Trimmers and Pruners$43,570

Highest-paying metro areas for grounds maintenance workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Santa Maria Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.