- Wages
- Landscaping
- Idaho
How much does a landscaper make in Idaho?
In Idaho, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $20.58 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $20.00 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$20.58
$20.00
$20.33
$0.25 more an hour
$42,806
By the hour, the week and the year in Idaho
At 40 hours a week, the average of $20.58 an hour comes to $823.20 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $42,806 a year, and the median of $20.00 to $41,600 a year.
In Idaho, the average is $0.58 above the median (2.9%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $20.00 an hour or less.
How does Idaho compare?
The average in Idaho is $0.25 above the national average of $20.33 (1.2% more), about $520 more a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Idaho ranks 22 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Idaho and its Census division, Mountain
By average wage, Idaho ranks 4 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 Idaho |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | $22.52 | $22.00 | +$1.94 |
| Montana | $21.90 | $21.80 | +$1.32 |
| Nevada | $20.92 | $18.66 | +$0.34 |
| Idaho | $20.58 | $20.00 | |
| Utah | $20.58 | $19.59 | $0.00 |
| Arizona | $19.98 | $18.71 | -$0.60 |
| New Mexico | $19.07 | $18.06 | -$1.51 |
| Wyoming | $18.82 | $18.42 | -$1.76 |
This trade and the others in Idaho
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Idaho. Among them, the average runs from $16.94 (Cleaning) to $26.87 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $26.87 | $27.12 | +$6.29 |
| Drywall | $23.19 | $21.05 | +$2.61 |
| Painting | $21.87 | $21.58 | +$1.29 |
| Landscaping | $20.58 | $20.00 | |
| Cleaning | $16.94 | $16.62 | -$3.64 |
Against the minimum wage in Idaho
In Idaho most employers pay the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $20.00, is $12.75 above it, 2.8 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 Idaho, $20.00 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $160.00 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $271.98; 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.