- Wages
- Landscaping
- Alabama
How much does a landscaper make in Alabama?
In Alabama, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $17.36 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $17.13 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$17.36
$17.13
$20.33
$2.97 less an hour
$36,109
By the hour, the week and the year in Alabama
At 40 hours a week, the average of $17.36 an hour comes to $694.40 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $36,109 a year, and the median of $17.13 to $35,630 a year.
In Alabama, the average is $0.23 above the median (1.3%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $17.13 an hour or less.
How does Alabama compare?
The average in Alabama is $2.97 below the national average of $20.33 (14.6% less), about $6,178 less a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Alabama ranks 47 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Alabama and its Census division, East South Central
By average wage, Alabama ranks 3 of the 4 states of the division with data for this trade: the highest is Tennessee, $18.56, and the lowest Mississippi, $16.12.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Alabama |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | $18.56 | $17.80 | +$1.20 |
| Kentucky | $18.34 | $17.63 | +$0.98 |
| Alabama | $17.36 | $17.13 | |
| Mississippi | $16.12 | $15.21 | -$1.24 |
This trade and the others in Alabama
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Alabama. Among them, the average runs from $13.40 (Cleaning) to $23.03 (Drywall).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drywall | $23.03 | $23.08 | +$5.67 |
| Concrete | $21.92 | $21.50 | +$4.56 |
| Painting | $21.50 | $21.12 | +$4.14 |
| Landscaping | $17.36 | $17.13 | |
| Cleaning | $13.40 | $13.21 | -$3.96 |
Against the minimum wage in Alabama
In Alabama most employers pay the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $17.13, is $9.88 above it, 2.4 times the minimum. Over 2,080 hours the minimum comes to $15,080 a year.
From wage to rate
This is what an employer pays an employee, not what a contractor bills. Your rate also has to cover your overhead (vehicle, insurance, tools), your profit, and the hours you cannot bill.
If you pay a helper the median wage in Alabama, $17.13 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $137.04 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $242.93; at the national median, $18.82, the same job comes to $260.04. A wage is only the floor: your own rate also pays your taxes, your unbilled hours and your business.