Occupational employment / First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,900 $22.44 $46,670
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 5,370 $24.61 $51,180
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 3,500 $22.33 $46,450
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 3,310 $20.09 $41,790
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 3,230 $22.39 $46,570
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,680 $19.72 $41,010
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,550 $18.60 $38,690
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 2,480 $22.67 $47,150
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,430 $23.67 $49,240
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,200 $21.23 $44,170
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2,080 $23.64 $49,170
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 1,950 $22.59 $46,990
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 1,940 $22.67 $47,150
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1,940 $15.45 $32,130
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 1,830 $25.67 $53,380
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 1,830 $17.98 $37,400
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 1,670 $23.40 $48,680
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,460 $20.98 $43,640
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,450 $23.88 $49,660
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,430 $22.82 $47,470
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 1,410 $24.13 $50,200
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,320 $21.57 $44,870
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,280 $21.96 $45,680
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,240 $21.95 $45,650
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,220 $21.27 $44,230
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,190 $20.79 $43,240
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,130 $21.44 $44,590
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,130 $22.94 $47,710
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,120 $19.73 $41,040
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,110 $23.60 $49,090
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,060 $27.14 $56,460
Columbus, OH 990 $20.84 $43,350
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 980 $20.14 $41,900
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 960 $23.99 $49,900
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 950 $22.11 $46,000
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 950 $25.67 $53,390
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 950 $18.57 $38,630
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 900 $22.87 $47,570
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 860 $23.67 $49,230
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 860 $21.25 $44,190
Kansas City, MO-KS 790 $19.69 $40,950
St. Louis, MO-IL 790 $23.81 $49,530
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 770 $24.16 $50,250
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 760 $22.35 $46,480
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 730 $21.99 $45,740
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 720 $20.20 $42,010
Austin-Round Rock, TX 680 $17.99 $37,420
Pittsburgh, PA 670 $21.04 $43,760
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 640 $22.32 $46,420
Raleigh-Cary, NC 600 $20.52 $42,680
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 590 $22.16 $46,100
Salt Lake City, UT 580 $17.74 $36,900
San Antonio, TX 580 $15.10 $31,410
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 580 $22.02 $45,800
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 570 $26.06 $54,200
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 560 $23.11 $48,080
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 560 $24.30 $50,550
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 550 $27.51 $57,230
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 550 $24.78 $51,540
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 550 $16.86 $35,070
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 540 $17.58 $36,570
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 530 $22.75 $47,320
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 530 $17.96 $37,370
Jacksonville, FL 530 $19.44 $40,430
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 520 $28.28 $58,820
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 510 $20.28 $42,180
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 510 $23.38 $48,620
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 510 $26.75 $55,640
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 500 $21.76 $45,260
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 490 $19.63 $40,830
Columbia, SC 440 $18.16 $37,770
Tucson, AZ 430 $18.96 $39,440
Richmond, VA 430 $19.61 $40,780
Oklahoma City, OK 410 $16.35 $34,000
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 410 $11.03 $22,930
Naples-Marco Island, FL 400 $23.98 $49,870
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 400 $20.11 $41,840
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 380 $24.43 $50,820
Honolulu, HI 380 $22.49 $46,780
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 360 $19.62 $40,820
Lexington-Fayette, KY 350 $16.94 $35,220
Greenville, SC 340 $16.88 $35,100
Springfield, MA-CT 340 $19.21 $39,960
Boise City-Nampa, ID 340 $17.16 $35,680
Rochester, NY 340 $21.75 $45,250
Albuquerque, NM 340 $19.61 $40,780
Baton Rouge, LA 330 $15.81 $32,890
Tulsa, OK 330 $18.82 $39,150
Wichita, KS 320 $20.03 $41,670
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 310 $21.85 $45,450
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 310 $13.00 $27,050
Dayton, OH 310 $20.60 $42,840
Wilmington, NC 290 $20.39 $42,410
New Haven, CT 290 $29.04 $60,400
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 290 $24.93 $51,840
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 290 $24.14 $50,220
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 280 $20.26 $42,150
Madison, WI 280 $19.97 $41,530
Worcester, MA-CT 280 $22.54 $46,880
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 270 $18.95 $39,410
Knoxville, TN 270 $17.50 $36,400
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 270 $18.72 $38,930
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 270 $21.45 $44,620
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 270 $18.27 $38,000
Syracuse, NY 250 $19.29 $40,120
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 250 $19.90 $41,390
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 250 $21.06 $43,810
Lancaster, PA 240 $20.77 $43,200
Akron, OH 240 $19.43 $40,420
Greensboro-High Point, NC 240 $18.94 $39,400
Reno-Sparks, NV 240 $21.49 $44,690
Jackson, MS 220 $18.85 $39,210
Lakeland, FL 210 $20.94 $43,560
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 210 $17.68 $36,770
Huntsville, AL 200 $17.45 $36,290
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 200 $24.06 $50,050
Anniston-Oxford, AL 200 $15.18 $31,580
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 200 $24.15 $50,240
Salinas, CA 200 $24.76 $51,510
Chattanooga, TN-GA 190 $18.52 $38,530
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 190 $18.41 $38,300
Colorado Springs, CO 190 $19.96 $41,520
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 190 $23.34 $48,540
Asheville, NC 190 $17.13 $35,640
Provo-Orem, UT 190 $19.38 $40,310
Barnstable Town, MA 190 $24.06 $50,050
Fresno, CA 190 $20.23 $42,080
Durham, NC 190 $19.26 $40,050
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 190 $26.19 $54,480
Montgomery, AL 180 $20.30 $42,230
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 180 $23.14 $48,140
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 180 $19.32 $40,180
Fort Wayne, IN 170 $19.70 $40,980
Toledo, OH 170 $20.43 $42,490
Salem, OR 160 $19.07 $39,670
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 160 $22.85 $47,520
Mobile, AL 160 $18.11 $37,670
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 160 $22.95 $47,730
York-Hanover, PA 150 $19.35 $40,250
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 150 $20.79 $43,250
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 150 $23.51 $48,910
Winston-Salem, NC 150 $18.57 $38,630
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 150 $15.91 $33,090
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 150 $18.19 $37,840
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 140 $14.83 $30,840
Savannah, GA 140 $19.74 $41,060
Manchester, NH 140 $18.32 $38,110
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 140 $22.73 $47,270
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 140 $23.34 $48,540
St. George, UT 140 $17.25 $35,880
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 140 $21.61 $44,950
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 140 $19.50 $40,550
Stockton, CA 130 $23.49 $48,850
Flint, MI 130 $21.59 $44,900
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 130 $25.57 $53,190
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 130 $17.52 $36,440
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 130 $16.52 $34,370
Brunswick, GA 120 $19.33 $40,210
Bakersfield, CA 120 $20.31 $42,250
Napa, CA 120 $22.09 $45,950
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 120 $20.64 $42,940
Boulder, CO 120 $21.92 $45,580
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 120 $23.62 $49,130
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 120 $21.66 $45,050
Peoria, IL 120 $19.71 $41,000
Spartanburg, SC 110 $18.76 $39,030
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 110 $24.05 $50,030
Topeka, KS 110 $18.17 $37,800
Spokane, WA 110 $22.62 $47,050
Ann Arbor, MI 110 $28.08 $58,400
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 110 $19.93 $41,460
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 110 $25.42 $52,880
Tyler, TX 110 $15.99 $33,260
El Paso, TX 110 $13.65 $28,400
College Station-Bryan, TX 110 $16.22 $33,740
Rockford, IL 110 $23.56 $49,010
Anchorage, AK 110 $19.96 $41,510
Visalia-Porterville, CA 110 $18.79 $39,070
Lubbock, TX 100 $17.18 $35,730
Gainesville, FL 100 $19.74 $41,050
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 100 $19.64 $40,850
Atlantic City, NJ 100 $22.15 $46,070
Binghamton, NY 100 $20.97 $43,610
Fargo, ND-MN 100 $19.51 $40,580
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 100 $19.79 $41,170
Columbus, GA-AL 90 $17.37 $36,140
Reading, PA 90 $23.35 $48,560
Flagstaff, AZ 90 $19.58 $40,730
Burlington, NC 90 $22.40 $46,580
Modesto, CA 90 $22.61 $47,030
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 90 $17.54 $36,480
Athens-Clarke County, GA 90 $15.29 $31,810
Bloomington, IN 90 $17.22 $35,810
Evansville, IN-KY 90 $19.54 $40,640
Tallahassee, FL 80 $22.03 $45,820
Springfield, IL 80 $20.42 $42,470
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 80 $25.23 $52,480
Lincoln, NE 80 $21.13 $43,950
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 80 $13.46 $27,990
State College, PA 80 $19.82 $41,220
Green Bay, WI 80 $20.79 $43,250
Roanoke, VA 80 $18.88 $39,270
Gainesville, GA 80 $21.14 $43,970
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 80 $14.59 $30,350
Charlottesville, VA 80 $24.73 $51,430
Cheyenne, WY 80 $17.74 $36,890
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 80 $19.57 $40,710
Punta Gorda, FL 80 $21.21 $44,120
Bloomington-Normal, IL 80 $23.26 $48,390
Lawrence, KS 70 $17.61 $36,630
Fort Smith, AR-OK 70 $16.35 $34,020
Macon, GA 70 $17.29 $35,970
Jackson, TN 70 $16.44 $34,200
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 70 $13.56 $28,210
Sioux Falls, SD 70 $19.40 $40,350
Medford, OR 70 $21.92 $45,600
Bangor, ME 70 $15.65 $32,550
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 70 $22.18 $46,130
Champaign-Urbana, IL 70 $22.01 $45,780
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 70 $23.28 $48,410
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 70 $22.52 $46,850
Appleton, WI 70 $21.41 $44,530
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 70 $24.85 $51,680
Racine, WI 70 $25.03 $52,070
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 70 $14.05 $29,220
Olympia, WA 70 $20.34 $42,310
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 70 $20.89 $43,450
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 70 $22.65 $47,110
Longview, TX 70 $16.79 $34,910
Auburn-Opelika, AL 70 $18.33 $38,120
Las Cruces, NM 60 $17.42 $36,240
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 60 $23.71 $49,330
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 60 $18.86 $39,220
Clarksville, TN-KY 60 $18.80 $39,100
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 60 $22.69 $47,190
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 60 $21.15 $43,990
Canton-Massillon, OH 60 $18.90 $39,310
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 60 $16.06 $33,410
Rochester, MN 60 $18.30 $38,060
Charleston, WV 60 $19.05 $39,620
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 60 $18.75 $39,000
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 60 $19.32 $40,180
Lake Charles, LA 60 $17.26 $35,900
Dalton, GA 60 $19.72 $41,020
Rome, GA 60 $16.03 $33,330
Valdosta, GA 60 $15.54 $32,310
Grand Junction, CO 60 $21.88 $45,510
Cedar Rapids, IA 60 $18.54 $38,560
Chico, CA 60 $21.85 $45,440
Portsmouth, NH-ME 60 $27.14 $56,460
Harrisonburg, VA 60 $18.93 $39,370
Eugene-Springfield, OR 60 $21.21 $44,120
Florence, SC 50 $19.92 $41,430
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 50 $22.35 $46,490
Lynchburg, VA 50 $17.25 $35,870
Springfield, MO 50 $25.01 $52,010
Hattiesburg, MS 50 $20.15 $41,900
Pascagoula, MS 50 $16.82 $34,990
Billings, MT 50 $24.01 $49,930
La Crosse, WI-MN 50 $20.46 $42,550
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 50 $20.19 $41,990
San Angelo, TX 50 $16.46 $34,240
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 50 $16.46 $34,240
Fayetteville, NC 50 $17.63 $36,670
Iowa City, IA 50 $19.27 $40,080
Greeley, CO 50 $25.82 $53,710
Decatur, IL 50 $24.89 $51,770
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 50 $19.41 $40,370
Ithaca, NY 50 $19.45 $40,450
Johnson City, TN 50 $22.83 $47,490
Santa Fe, NM 50 $21.51 $44,740
Glens Falls, NY 50 $18.13 $37,710
Tuscaloosa, AL 50 $19.29 $40,130
Hot Springs, AR 50 $17.44 $36,270
Ponce, PR 50 $9.98 $20,750
Fajardo, PR 50 $7.02 $14,600
Prescott, AZ 50 $21.20 $44,090
Danbury, CT 50 $26.18 $54,450
Redding, CA 50 $18.09 $37,630
Ocean City, NJ 50 $25.55 $53,150
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 50 $19.05 $39,620
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 50 $19.97 $41,540
Eau Claire, WI 40 $19.31 $40,160
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 40 $21.81 $45,370
New Bedford, MA 40 $20.96 $43,590
Casper, WY 40 $24.57 $51,110
Ocala, FL 40 $17.92 $37,270
Kingston, NY 40 $18.82 $39,130
Victoria, TX 40 $16.00 $33,290
Wenatchee, WA 40 $20.67 $42,990
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 40 $17.96 $37,350
Logan, UT-ID 40 $15.89 $33,050
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 40 $21.47 $44,650
Dover, DE 40 $24.87 $51,730
Amarillo, TX 40 $20.23 $42,070
Utica-Rome, NY 40 $18.73 $38,960
Williamsport, PA 40 $18.53 $38,550
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 40 $21.43 $44,580
Duluth, MN-WI 40 $20.38 $42,400
Muncie, IN 40 $19.68 $40,930
Anderson, SC 40 $19.72 $41,020
Decatur, AL 40 $16.91 $35,180
Lafayette, IN 40 $21.21 $44,120
Waterbury, CT 40 $20.95 $43,590
Elizabethtown, KY 40 $14.64 $30,450
Bay City, MI 40 $19.83 $41,240
Yuma, AZ 40 $16.78 $34,900
Rocky Mount, NC 40 $19.59 $40,760
Springfield, OH 40 $23.44 $48,750
Merced, CA 40 $24.41 $50,780
Bowling Green, KY 30 $16.57 $34,470
Sandusky, OH 30 $20.28 $42,190
Anderson, IN 30 $16.69 $34,710
St. Cloud, MN 30 $20.03 $41,660
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 30 $18.47 $38,420
Jonesboro, AR 30 $19.93 $41,460
Idaho Falls, ID 30 $18.33 $38,120
Coeur d'Alene, ID 30 $20.10 $41,800
Farmington, NM 30 $20.31 $42,250
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 30 $21.12 $43,920
Monroe, MI 30 $16.94 $35,230
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 30 $9.37 $19,480
Columbia, MO 30 $19.78 $41,140
Gadsden, AL 30 $15.98 $33,230
Alexandria, LA 30 $14.23 $29,600
El Centro, CA 30 $19.82 $41,230
Warner Robins, GA 30 $18.63 $38,760
Rapid City, SD 30 $18.98 $39,470
Dothan, AL 30 $18.98 $39,470
Monroe, LA 30 $17.22 $35,820
Lafayette, LA Not available $21.68 $45,100
Waco, TX Not available $18.02 $37,490
Jackson, MI Not available $17.07 $35,510
Palm Coast, FL Not available $15.15 $31,520
Winchester, VA-WV Not available $20.56 $42,750
Erie, PA Not available $16.20 $33,700
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Not available $17.77 $36,950
Great Falls, MT Not available $15.99 $33,270
Bellingham, WA Not available $23.57 $49,020
Corpus Christi, TX Not available $15.69 $32,630
Abilene, TX Not available $16.78 $34,910
Bend, OR Not available $21.33 $44,370
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