- Wages
- Landscaping
- Connecticut
How much does a landscaper make in Connecticut?
In Connecticut, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $22.15 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $21.99 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$22.15
$21.99
$20.33
$1.82 more an hour
$46,072
By the hour, the week and the year in Connecticut
At 40 hours a week, the average of $22.15 an hour comes to $886.00 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $46,072 a year, and the median of $21.99 to $45,739 a year.
In Connecticut, the average is $0.16 above the median (0.7%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $21.99 an hour or less.
How does Connecticut compare?
The average in Connecticut is $1.82 above the national average of $20.33 (9.0% more), about $3,786 more a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Connecticut ranks 9 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Connecticut and its Census division, New England
By average wage, Connecticut ranks 3 of the 6 states of the division with data for this trade: the highest is Massachusetts, $24.30, and the lowest Maine, $21.70.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Connecticut |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $24.30 | $23.40 | +$2.15 |
| Vermont | $22.76 | $22.23 | +$0.61 |
| Connecticut | $22.15 | $21.99 | |
| New Hampshire | $21.98 | $21.58 | -$0.17 |
| Rhode Island | $21.82 | $21.51 | -$0.33 |
| Maine | $21.70 | $22.10 | -$0.45 |
This trade and the others in Connecticut
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Connecticut. Among them, the average runs from $18.22 (Cleaning) to $30.53 (Painting).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painting | $30.53 | $28.12 | +$8.38 |
| Concrete | $29.37 | $28.19 | +$7.22 |
| Drywall | $29.33 | $29.08 | +$7.18 |
| Landscaping | $22.15 | $21.99 | |
| Cleaning | $18.22 | $17.39 | -$3.93 |
Against the minimum wage in Connecticut
The minimum wage in Connecticut is $16.94 an hour for most employers. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $21.99, is $5.05 above it, 29.8% more than the minimum. Over 2,080 hours the minimum comes to $35,235 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 Connecticut, $21.99 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $175.92 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $292.11; 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.