Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
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.

What a landscaping and groundskeeping worker does

Become a landscaping and groundskeeping worker

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good landscaping and groundskeeping worker

  • Talking to others.
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Typical hourly rate is $26 per hour with a typical salary of $48,000 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $20 and $29 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $7,700 and $46,000 per year.
  • 42% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.

Part-time

  • The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $23 per hour with a typical salary of $23,300 per year.
  • 70.0% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.

Landscaping And Groundskeeping Worker job outlook

  • There are 20,533 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 5,995 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Multiple Jobs

  • 4% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
  • 23% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.

Programs to get you there

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