- Wages
- Landscaping
- Colorado
How much does a landscaper make in Colorado?
In Colorado, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $22.52 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $22.00 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$22.52
$22.00
$20.33
$2.19 more an hour
$46,842
By the hour, the week and the year in Colorado
At 40 hours a week, the average of $22.52 an hour comes to $900.80 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $46,842 a year, and the median of $22.00 to $45,760 a year.
In Colorado, the average is $0.52 above the median (2.4%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $22.00 an hour or less.
How does Colorado compare?
The average in Colorado is $2.19 above the national average of $20.33 (10.8% more), about $4,555 more a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Colorado ranks 7 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Colorado and its Census division, Mountain
Of the 8 states of the division with data for this trade, Colorado pays the highest average, $22.52; next comes Montana with $21.90.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Colorado |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | $22.52 | $22.00 | |
| Montana | $21.90 | $21.80 | -$0.62 |
| Nevada | $20.92 | $18.66 | -$1.60 |
| Idaho | $20.58 | $20.00 | -$1.94 |
| Utah | $20.58 | $19.59 | -$1.94 |
| Arizona | $19.98 | $18.71 | -$2.54 |
| New Mexico | $19.07 | $18.06 | -$3.45 |
| Wyoming | $18.82 | $18.42 | -$3.70 |
This trade and the others in Colorado
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Colorado. Among them, the average runs from $18.99 (Cleaning) to $29.78 (Drywall).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drywall | $29.78 | $29.70 | +$7.26 |
| Concrete | $29.01 | $29.18 | +$6.49 |
| Painting | $27.10 | $25.47 | +$4.58 |
| Landscaping | $22.52 | $22.00 | |
| Cleaning | $18.99 | $18.06 | -$3.53 |
Against the minimum wage in Colorado
The minimum wage in Colorado is $15.16 an hour for most employers. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $22.00, is $6.84 above it, 45.1% more than the minimum. Over 2,080 hours the minimum comes to $31,533 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 Colorado, $22.00 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $176.00 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $292.22; 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.