Grounds maintenance workers

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Total Workforce

1.07M

Average Age

39.3

Average Salary

$24,996

Average Male Salary

$25,239

Average Female Salary

$21,160

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Grounds maintenance workers are most often employed by the Landscaping services industry. The average yearly wage for Grounds maintenance workers was $24,996 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Grounds maintenance workers by wage are Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides, Office machine operators, except computer, and Textile bleaching & dyeing, & cutting machine setters, operators, & tenders.

Grounds maintenance workers are part of the Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of housekeeping & janitorial workers, Firstline supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, & groundskeeping workers, Maids & housekeeping cleaners, Janitors & building cleaners, Pest control workers, and 3 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Grounds maintenance workers are Santa Ana City (East) PUMA, CA, Oxnard & Port Hueneme Cities PUMA, CA, and Indio, Coachella, Blythe & La Quinta (East) Cities PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Grounds maintenance workers are Bonita Springs City & Estero (East) PUMA, FL, Collier County (East) PUMA, FL, and Downtown & Sky Harbor International Airport PUMA, AZ.

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Service Occupations Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Grounds maintenance workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Landscaping services is the industry that employs the most Grounds maintenance workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Grounds maintenance workers, by average wage, is Administration of environmental quality & housing programs. Grounds maintenance workers are paid most in Bismarck City PUMA, ND but are relatively concentrated in Bonita Springs City & Estero (East) PUMA, FL.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$24,996

AVERAGE SALARY

± $505

In 2017, Grounds maintenance workers earned an average of $24,996, $28,892 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Office machine operators, except computer make somewhat more than Grounds maintenance workers while Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Grounds maintenance workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

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Wage Distribution

0.371

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Grounds maintenance workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.371, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Grounds maintenance workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Grounds maintenance workers.

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Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Grounds maintenance workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Grounds maintenance workers.

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Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Grounds maintenance workers, by number of employees, are Landscaping services, Amusement & Recreation, and Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions.

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Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Grounds maintenance workers, by average wage, are Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, Other administrative & other support services, and Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers.

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Industries by Share

1.07M

2017 Workforce

± 25,258

-2.8%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 3.42%

The number of people employed as Grounds maintenance workers has been declining at a rate of -2.8%, from 1,096,751 people in 2016 to 1,066,051 people in 2017.

This graphic shows the share of Grounds maintenance workers employed by various industries. Landscaping services employs the largest share of Grounds maintenance workers at 66.2%, followed by Amusement & Recreation with 7.63% and Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions with 3.54%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Grounds maintenance workers in the US. The average age of male Grounds maintenance workers in the workforce is 39.2 and of female Grounds maintenance workers is 40.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Grounds maintenance workers is White.

Gender Composition

MALE WORKFORCE

± 24,501

63.4k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 6,179

94.1% of Grounds maintenance workers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Grounds maintenance workers.

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Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Grounds maintenance workers

White
Other
Black

72.4% of Grounds maintenance workers are White, making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 14.9% of Grounds maintenance workers, Other is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Grounds maintenance workers.

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Age by Gender

39.2

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.361

40.4

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.49

The median age of Grounds maintenance workers is 39.3, and Male employees are generally 1.18 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

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Education

Data on higher education choices for Grounds maintenance workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Grounds maintenance workers is Business but a relatively high number of Grounds maintenance workers hold a major in Agriculture.

Majors

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Grounds maintenance workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Grounds maintenance workers need many skills, but most especially Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, and Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Grounds maintenance workers need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, and Operation and Control.