Landscape Architects

Architecture and Construction In demand
Plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.

What a landscape architect does

Become a landscape architect

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good landscape architect

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Reading work related information.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $40 per hour with an average salary of $83,500 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $33 and $47 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $68,500 and $97,900 per year.

Landscape Architect job outlook

  • There are 539 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 99 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Programs to get you there

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