Landscaping services

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The top three occupations in the Landscaping services Industry Group are landscaping and groundskeeping workers, firstline supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, & groundskeeping workers, and tree trimmers and pruners. On average, full-time employees in the Landscaping services Industry Group work 43.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $45,465. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,665.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Landscaping services Industry Group are Palm Beach County (East Central)--Lake Worth City, Lantana Town & Atlantis City PUMA, FL, Houston City (West)--Westpark Tollway, Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX, and Riverside County (East)--Indio, Coachella, Blythe & La Quinta (East) Cities PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Landscaping services Industry Group in 2024 was 994,281 people, with 11.4% woman, and 88.6% men.

In 2024, 51.1% of the workforce in the Landscaping services Industry Group was White (508,350 people), of which 15.5% were women and 84.5% men.

Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Administrative, support & waste management services

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Landscaping services Industry Group.

The workforce in Landscaping services Industry Group was 994,281 people and is concentrated in California (124,923 workers). The average annual salary was $41,006, being $28,871 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Professional and Business Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

2.24%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 22.8M people employed in the Professional and Business Services industry. This represents a 2.24% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Professional and Business Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (125k), Florida (101k), and Texas (79.5k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Landscaping services Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Landscaping services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $41,006, $28,871 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Landscaping services Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.401

WAGE GINI

Landscaping services has a wage GINI of 0.401, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Landscaping services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Landscaping services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Landscaping services Industry Group.

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers are the most common position with 608,728 workers, but the Landscaping services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, & groundskeeping workers and Tree trimmers and pruners.

The highest average salary in Landscaping services goes to Construction managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Landscaping services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were landscaping and groundskeeping workers (608,728 people), firstline supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, & groundskeeping workers (93,721 people), and tree trimmers and pruners (74,048 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$41,259

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,108

$39,039

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,881

On average, Male workers in the Landscaping services Industry Group make 1.06 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Landscaping services Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Landscaping services Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Landscaping services Industry Group.

The Landscaping services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Florida and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Landscaping services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Landscaping services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Landscaping services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Landscaping services Industry Group is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Landscaping services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Landscaping services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Landscaping services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Landscaping services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Landscaping services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

Florida
10,548
California
9,325
New York
7,704

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Landscaping services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Landscaping services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 11.4% corresponds to women and 88.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $41,259 and $39,039.

68.6% of workers have a high school or equivalent, secondary education or some college.

Gender and Age

113,235

Women

11.4%

881,046

Men

88.6%

The workforce of Landscaping services industry in 2024 was 994,281 people, with 11.4% woman, and 88.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Landscaping services industry.

Races

In 2024, 51.1% of the workforce in the Landscaping services industry was White (508,350 people), of which 15.5% were women and 84.5% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Landscaping services workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (358,378 people), secondary education (163,042 people), and some college (160,170 people).

The chart shows the Landscaping services workforce by gender and educational level.

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