- Wages
- Landscaping
- Maine
How much does a landscaper make in Maine?
In Maine, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $21.70 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $22.10 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$21.70
$22.10
$20.33
$1.37 more an hour
$45,136
By the hour, the week and the year in Maine
At 40 hours a week, the average of $21.70 an hour comes to $868.00 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $45,136 a year, and the median of $22.10 to $45,968 a year.
In Maine, the average is $0.40 below the median (1.8%): a group of lower wages pulls the average down, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $22.10 an hour or more.
How does Maine compare?
The average in Maine is $1.37 above the national average of $20.33 (6.7% more), about $2,850 more a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Maine ranks 15 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Maine and its Census division, New England
Of the 6 states of the division with data for this trade, Maine pays the lowest average, $21.70; the next is Rhode Island with $21.82.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Maine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $24.30 | $23.40 | +$2.60 |
| Vermont | $22.76 | $22.23 | +$1.06 |
| Connecticut | $22.15 | $21.99 | +$0.45 |
| New Hampshire | $21.98 | $21.58 | +$0.28 |
| Rhode Island | $21.82 | $21.51 | +$0.12 |
| Maine | $21.70 | $22.10 |
This trade and the others in Maine
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Maine. Among them, the average runs from $18.84 (Cleaning) to $28.96 (Painting).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painting | $28.96 | $28.50 | +$7.26 |
| Drywall | $28.45 | $28.89 | +$6.75 |
| Concrete | $27.52 | $26.77 | +$5.82 |
| Landscaping | $21.70 | $22.10 | |
| Cleaning | $18.84 | $18.09 | -$2.86 |
Against the minimum wage in Maine
The minimum wage in Maine is $15.10 an hour for most employers. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $22.10, is $7.00 above it, 46.4% more than the minimum. Over 2,080 hours the minimum comes to $31,408 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 Maine, $22.10 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $176.80 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $293.23; 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.