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First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers Salary in Knoxville, TN

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Knoxville, TN have a median annual salary of $54,550, with 370 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $36,790 at the 10th percentile to $83,020 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$54,550

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$26.22

Employment

370

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$36,790
10th
$47,910
25th
$54,550
Median
$69,410
75th
$83,020
90th

Local compared with national

Knoxville, TN

$54,550

Median annual · 2025

United States

$58,430

Median annual · 2025

The Knoxville, TN median is 6.6% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $3,880).

Top skills

  1. 1.MonitoringImportance 4.0
  2. 2.Time ManagementImportance 4.0
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 3.9
  4. 4.Management of Personnel ResourcesImportance 3.9
  5. 5.SpeakingImportance 3.8
  6. 6.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.8
  7. 7.CoordinationImportance 3.8
  8. 8.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.3
  9. 9.InstructingImportance 3.3
  10. 10.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.3
  11. 11.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.1
  12. 12.Active LearningImportance 3.1

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Facebook
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Payroll software
  • Work order software

Common tasks

  • Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
  • Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
  • Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
  • Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
  • Answer inquiries from current or prospective customers regarding methods, materials, or price ranges.
  • Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
  • Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
  • Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
  • Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.
  • Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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