- Wages
- Landscaping
- Florida
How much does a landscaper make in Florida?
In Florida, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $18.80 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $17.84 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$18.80
$17.84
$20.33
$1.53 less an hour
$39,104
By the hour, the week and the year in Florida
At 40 hours a week, the average of $18.80 an hour comes to $752.00 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $39,104 a year, and the median of $17.84 to $37,107 a year.
In Florida, the average is $0.96 above the median (5.4%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $17.84 an hour or less.
How does Florida compare?
The average in Florida is $1.53 below the national average of $20.33 (7.5% less), about $3,182 less a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Florida ranks 39 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Florida and its Census division, South Atlantic
By average wage, Florida ranks 6 of the 9 states of the division with data for this trade: the highest is District of Columbia, $24.62, and the lowest West Virginia, $16.29.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $24.62 | $23.46 | +$5.82 |
| Maryland | $20.86 | $18.93 | +$2.06 |
| Virginia | $19.60 | $18.46 | +$0.80 |
| Delaware | $19.08 | $17.96 | +$0.28 |
| North Carolina | $19.04 | $18.22 | +$0.24 |
| Florida | $18.80 | $17.84 | |
| Georgia | $18.51 | $18.25 | -$0.29 |
| South Carolina | $18.04 | $17.65 | -$0.76 |
| West Virginia | $16.29 | $15.50 | -$2.51 |
This trade and the others in Florida
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Florida. Among them, the average runs from $16.78 (Cleaning) to $25.26 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $25.26 | $23.40 | +$6.46 |
| Drywall | $23.51 | $23.54 | +$4.71 |
| Painting | $23.29 | $22.85 | +$4.49 |
| Landscaping | $18.80 | $17.84 | |
| Cleaning | $16.78 | $16.28 | -$2.02 |
Against the minimum wage in Florida
The minimum wage in Florida is $15.00 an hour for most employers. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $17.84, is $2.84 above it, 18.9% more than the minimum. Over 2,080 hours the minimum comes to $31,200 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 Florida, $17.84 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $142.72 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $250.11; 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.