Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other
SOC 37-3019 · 2024-2034
All grounds maintenance workers not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $50,108per year
- Projected openings
- 5,300
- Projected change
- +5.3%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $54,651 | 260 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $50,393 | 140 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $48,820 | 370 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $47,863 | 70 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $47,775 | 680 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $47,359 | 550 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $46,847 | 290 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $46,847 | 130 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $45,529 | 80 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $45,333 | 550 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $44,058 | 90 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $42,371 | 50 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $42,135 | 40 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $42,125 | 40 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $40,291 | 690 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $39,188
- A quarter earn under
- $43,289
- Half earn under
- $50,108
- Three quarters earn under
- $61,858
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $71,701
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $42,131 | 372,180 | +4.9% |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $43,741 | 206,290 | +3.7% |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | $46,714 | 182,080 | +5.8% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers | $63,027 | 34,020 | +4.4% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers | $64,873 | 28,520 | +4.9% |
| Tree Trimmers and Pruners | $64,134 | 14,990 | +5% |
Programs that train for this job — 2
Industrial Maintenance Technology
College of the Sequoias · Visalia · $2,326
Introduction to Residential Maintenance and Construction
Visalia Adult School · Visalia · $475