- Wages
- Landscaping
- Arizona
How much does a landscaper make in Arizona?
In Arizona, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $19.98 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $18.71 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$19.98
$18.71
$20.33
$0.35 less an hour
$41,558
By the hour, the week and the year in Arizona
At 40 hours a week, the average of $19.98 an hour comes to $799.20 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $41,558 a year, and the median of $18.71 to $38,917 a year.
In Arizona, the average is $1.27 above the median (6.8%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $18.71 an hour or less.
How does Arizona compare?
The average in Arizona is $0.35 below the national average of $20.33 (1.7% less), about $728 less a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Arizona ranks 26 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Arizona and its Census division, Mountain
By average wage, Arizona ranks 6 of the 8 states of the division with data for this trade: the highest is Colorado, $22.52, and the lowest Wyoming, $18.82.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Arizona |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | $22.52 | $22.00 | +$2.54 |
| Montana | $21.90 | $21.80 | +$1.92 |
| Nevada | $20.92 | $18.66 | +$0.94 |
| Idaho | $20.58 | $20.00 | +$0.60 |
| Utah | $20.58 | $19.59 | +$0.60 |
| Arizona | $19.98 | $18.71 | |
| New Mexico | $19.07 | $18.06 | -$0.91 |
| Wyoming | $18.82 | $18.42 | -$1.16 |
This trade and the others in Arizona
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Arizona. Among them, the average runs from $17.67 (Cleaning) to $28.62 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $28.62 | $28.32 | +$8.64 |
| Drywall | $25.27 | $24.18 | +$5.29 |
| Painting | $25.23 | $23.20 | +$5.25 |
| Landscaping | $19.98 | $18.71 | |
| Cleaning | $17.67 | $17.13 | -$2.31 |
Against the minimum wage in Arizona
The minimum wage in Arizona is $15.15 an hour for most employers. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $18.71, is $3.56 above it, 23.5% more than the minimum. Over 2,080 hours the minimum comes to $31,512 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 Arizona, $18.71 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $149.68 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $258.92; 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.