Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
SOC 37-3011 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $46,714per year
- Projected openings
- 182,080
- Projected change
- +5.8%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Numerous Job Openings
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
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.
- Operation and Control
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Coordination
- Operations Monitoring
- Active Listening
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $50,183 | 6,930 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $50,122 | 1,540 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $49,005 | 12,060 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $48,902 | 1,750 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $48,223 | 10,850 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $47,915 | 1,970 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $47,894 | 4,260 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $46,300 | 3,340 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $45,899 | 3,940 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $45,827 | 1,670 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $45,662 | 13,610 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $44,685 | 1,910 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $44,521 | 18,510 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $44,399 | 29,940 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $44,336 | 600 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $44,058 | 760 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $44,058 | 1,950 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $43,791 | 1,800 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $42,320 | 1,280 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $41,497 | 1,490 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $41,353 | 1,830 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $41,230 | 26,470 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $41,220 | 1,150 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $40,962 | 660 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $40,798 | 3,020 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $40,757 | 2,520 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $40,461 | 22,160 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $39,759 | 5,240 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $39,492 | 340 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $37,394 | 510 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $37,383 | 4,810 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation | $46,212 | 3,870 | +3.6% |
| Tree Trimmers and Pruners | $64,134 | 14,990 | +5% |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $36,544 | 373,450 | -2.1% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers | $64,873 | 28,520 | +4.9% |
| Agricultural Equipment Operators | $39,872 | 26,200 | +7.4% |
| Highway Maintenance Workers | $61,194 | 6,590 | +4.9% |
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