First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
SOC 37-1012 · 2024-2034
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $64,873per year
- Projected openings
- 28,520
- Projected change
- +4.9%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Time Management
- Monitoring
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $78,510 | 60 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $77,955 | 540 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $76,916 | 230 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $74,124 | 770 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $74,124 | 180 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $74,026 | 80 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $74,026 | 240 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $73,744 | 1,670 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $69,296 | 1,890 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $68,236 | 90 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $68,195 | 150 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $65,573 | 250 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $65,501 | 60 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $65,367 | 2,090 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $65,305 | 610 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $64,061 | 310 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $63,948 | 220 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $63,228 | 350 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $62,991 | 2,820 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $62,066 | 200 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $61,901 | 710 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $61,665 | 140 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $61,397 | 4,060 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $60,904 | 100 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $60,051 | 5,340 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $59,937 | 270 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $59,814 | 670 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $58,785 | 440 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $58,662 | 530 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $52,779 | 4,160 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $51,339 | 80 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | $100,326 | 68,670 | +8% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | $57,805 | 23,740 | +3.3% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | $96,308 | 45,620 | +4.8% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers | $63,027 | 34,020 | +4.4% |
| First-line Supervisors of Entertainment And Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services | $54,978 | 19,590 | +9.9% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | $78,593 | 48,550 | +1.6% |
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