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Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$39,150
United States, 2025
Employment
952,640
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units.
- O*NET code
- 37-3011.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
- Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
- Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
- Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
- Gather and remove litter.
- Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.
- Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
- Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$31,150
25th percentile
$36,190
75th percentile
$46,830
90th percentile
$56,730
Most important skills
- Operation and Control3.0
- Critical Thinking2.6
- Active Listening2.4
- Operations Monitoring2.4
- Monitoring2.4
- Speaking2.4
- Equipment Selection2.1
- Time Management2.1
- Social Perceptiveness2.1
- Coordination2.1
- Judgment and Decision Making2.0
- Reading Comprehension2.0
What skills do you need?
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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 1 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
1
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation and Control | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Landscaping and Groundskeeping WorkersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston, MA | $49,030 | 15,120 | 2025 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $49,010 | 2,210 | 2025 |
| DC | $48,790 | 800 | 2025 |
| MA | $48,670 | 22,880 | 2025 |
| Kahului, HI | $48,570 | 1,310 | 2025 |
| Napa, CA | $48,540 | 940 | 2025 |
| Fairbanks, AK | $48,520 | 130 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $48,480 | 11,780 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $48,330 | 6,000 | 2025 |
| Bremerton, WA | $48,080 | 730 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $48,040 | 12,270 | 2025 |
| Worcester, MA | $47,980 | 2,170 | 2025 |
| AK | $47,690 | 1,080 | 2025 |
| Boulder, CO | $47,530 | 1,200 | 2025 |
| Amherst Town, MA | $47,510 | 490 | 2025 |
| Anchorage, AK | $47,450 | 750 | 2025 |
| Yuba City, CA | $47,420 | 340 | 2025 |
| Bozeman, MT | $47,320 | 910 | 2025 |
| Carson City, NV | $47,160 | 210 | 2025 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $47,160 | 11,820 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.