The varying levels of environmental education and awareness in the Batulicin sub-district are thought to influence residents’ compliance with paying sanitation charges, with socio-economic status being a key factor in determining their ability and priority to make such payments, This study analyzes the effects of education level and environmental awareness on compliance with cleanliness retribution payments, with socioeconomic status as a mediating variable in Batulicin Village, Batulicin District, Tanah Bumbu Regency. The research used an explanatory quantitative design through a survey of 96 household heads selected from a population of 2,316 households. Data were collected through a Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed statistical tests using Partial Least Square. The findings show that education level has a significant effect on payment compliance but does not significantly affect socioeconomic status. Environmental awareness significantly affects both socioeconomic status and payment compliance. Socioeconomic status also significantly affects payment compliance. For indirect effects, socioeconomic status does not mediate the relationship between education level and payment compliance, but it mediates the relationship between environmental awareness and payment compliance. These findings indicate that improving compliance requires stronger environmental awareness, socioeconomic strengthening, and more participatory cleanliness service strategies.