- Wages
- Landscaping
- Kansas
How much does a landscaper make in Kansas?
In Kansas, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $19.49 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $18.91 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$19.49
$18.91
$20.33
$0.84 less an hour
$40,539
By the hour, the week and the year in Kansas
At 40 hours a week, the average of $19.49 an hour comes to $779.60 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $40,539 a year, and the median of $18.91 to $39,333 a year.
In Kansas, the average is $0.58 above the median (3.1%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $18.91 an hour or less.
How does Kansas compare?
The average in Kansas is $0.84 below the national average of $20.33 (4.1% less), about $1,747 less a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Kansas ranks 31 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Kansas and its Census division, West North Central
By average wage, Kansas ranks 6 of the 7 states of the division with data for this trade: the highest is Minnesota, $22.21, and the lowest South Dakota, $17.60.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Kansas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | $22.21 | $22.41 | +$2.72 |
| North Dakota | $21.04 | $19.61 | +$1.55 |
| Nebraska | $20.36 | $18.82 | +$0.87 |
| Iowa | $19.84 | $18.71 | +$0.35 |
| Missouri | $19.56 | $18.52 | +$0.07 |
| Kansas | $19.49 | $18.91 | |
| South Dakota | $17.60 | $17.01 | -$1.89 |
This trade and the others in Kansas
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Kansas. Among them, the average runs from $15.41 (Cleaning) to $27.32 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $27.32 | $25.06 | +$7.83 |
| Drywall | $21.89 | $19.18 | +$2.40 |
| Painting | $21.85 | $21.88 | +$2.36 |
| Landscaping | $19.49 | $18.91 | |
| Cleaning | $15.41 | $14.95 | -$4.08 |
Against the minimum wage in Kansas
In Kansas most employers pay the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $18.91, is $11.66 above it, 2.6 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 Kansas, $18.91 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $151.28 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $260.95; 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.