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Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers earn $39,150 a year at the midpoint

One of the largest occupations in the country — about 952,640 people — with a midpoint of $39,150 a year.

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$39,150median a year · United States
$18.82an hour $42,290average 952,640people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$36,19025th $39,150median $46,83075th
$31,15010th percentile $56,73090th percentile
$36,190a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$48,790best-paying state · District of Columbia
$31,630lowest-paying state · Mississippi
+25%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

A short climbThe 25th percentile, $36,190, is within 8% of the median.

Landscaping and groundskeeping worker earnings, from starting pay up to the top 10%

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No. 705 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 11% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 703 Couriers and Messengers $39,200
  2. 704 Occupational Therapy Aides $39,160
  3. 705 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers $39,150
  4. 706 Helpers--Production Workers $39,070
  5. 707 Concierges $38,950

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  • Mowed or edged lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
  • Operated vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
  • Used hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.

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Landscaping and groundskeeping worker pay rate, hourly to yearly

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Landscaping and groundskeeping worker wages by state

The 40 states where the most people do this work, of 51 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.40 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Massachusetts $48,670 $37,800 $37,800 — $62,170 22,880
Washington $46,950 $37,510 $37,510 — $61,030 22,550
Minnesota $46,610 $30,510 $30,510 — $61,290 17,610
Maine $45,970 $34,800 $34,800 — $57,620 6,410
Hawaii $45,920 $34,220 $34,220 — $56,190 7,040
Colorado $45,760 $36,280 $36,280 — $60,200 21,990
Connecticut $45,740 $35,850 $35,850 — $58,660 13,490
California $45,560 $36,780 $36,780 — $61,200 106,180
Oregon $45,040 $35,870 $35,870 — $58,940 11,870
New Hampshire $44,890 $34,540 $34,540 — $59,400 6,050
New York $44,840 $34,950 $34,950 — $59,920 47,600
Illinois $43,790 $32,010 $32,010 — $61,190 34,780
Idaho $41,600 $30,960 $30,960 — $58,100 7,980
New Jersey $41,360 $35,450 $35,450 — $55,050 30,470
Wisconsin $41,230 $29,820 $29,820 — $58,350 18,970
Utah $40,740 $32,140 $32,140 — $57,180 12,850
Pennsylvania $39,500 $29,780 $29,780 — $53,320 34,850
Maryland $39,380 $35,990 $35,990 — $55,490 17,440
Kansas $39,330 $29,680 $29,680 — $49,300 9,480
Nebraska $39,140 $29,670 $29,670 — $57,960 7,280
Iowa $38,920 $28,480 $28,480 — $58,420 8,800
Arizona $38,910 $35,520 $35,520 — $48,500 22,450
Nevada $38,820 $31,800 $31,800 — $60,290 9,980
Missouri $38,520 $30,610 $30,610 — $50,430 18,310
Virginia $38,410 $31,200 $31,200 — $49,980 25,180
Ohio $38,220 $28,670 $28,670 — $49,070 34,420
Michigan $38,120 $29,970 $29,970 — $49,670 32,330
Indiana $38,070 $28,870 $28,870 — $49,820 19,260
Georgia $37,970 $28,710 $28,710 — $47,610 25,510
North Carolina $37,910 $30,580 $30,580 — $47,490 32,730
New Mexico $37,560 $29,860 $29,860 — $48,860 5,030
Florida $37,100 $30,660 $30,660 — $47,390 86,040
Tennessee $37,020 $29,480 $29,480 — $47,650 18,250
Texas $36,740 $28,810 $28,810 — $47,910 63,430
South Carolina $36,710 $28,590 $28,590 — $47,010 15,600
Kentucky $36,670 $27,930 $27,930 — $49,250 8,920
Arkansas $35,770 $26,710 $26,710 — $45,310 6,610
Oklahoma $35,770 $28,040 $28,040 — $46,740 9,280
Alabama $35,630 $26,370 $26,370 — $47,270 12,020
Louisiana $34,870 $24,700 $24,700 — $42,670 8,510

Questions people often ask

What is a landscaping and groundskeeping worker’s yearly income?

A landscaping and groundskeeping worker makes a median of $39,150 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $36,190 and $46,830.

What is a landscaping and groundskeeping worker’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $18.82 an hour; the average is $42,290 a year.

What is the starting pay for a landscaping and groundskeeping worker?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $36,190 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $31,150.

Which state pays landscaping and groundskeeping workers the most?

District of Columbia, with a median of $48,790 a year.

How many people work as landscaping and groundskeeping workers?

About 952,640 in the United States — number 705 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Jobs that pay about the same

Median pay within $240 of what landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn — $39,150 a year — but not always the same spread.

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