- Wages
- Landscaping
- Massachusetts
How much does a landscaper make in Massachusetts?
In Massachusetts, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $24.30 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $23.40 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$24.30
$23.40
$20.33
$3.97 more an hour
$50,544
By the hour, the week and the year in Massachusetts
At 40 hours a week, the average of $24.30 an hour comes to $972.00 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $50,544 a year, and the median of $23.40 to $48,672 a year.
In Massachusetts, the average is $0.90 above the median (3.8%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $23.40 an hour or less.
How does Massachusetts compare?
The average in Massachusetts is $3.97 above the national average of $20.33 (19.5% more), about $8,258 more a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Massachusetts ranks 2 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Massachusetts and its Census division, New England
Of the 6 states of the division with data for this trade, Massachusetts pays the highest average, $24.30; next comes Vermont with $22.76.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Massachusetts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $24.30 | $23.40 | |
| Vermont | $22.76 | $22.23 | -$1.54 |
| Connecticut | $22.15 | $21.99 | -$2.15 |
| New Hampshire | $21.98 | $21.58 | -$2.32 |
| Rhode Island | $21.82 | $21.51 | -$2.48 |
| Maine | $21.70 | $22.10 | -$2.60 |
This trade and the others in Massachusetts
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Massachusetts. Among them, the average runs from $20.38 (Cleaning) to $34.96 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $34.96 | $30.69 | +$10.66 |
| Drywall | $32.80 | $33.42 | +$8.50 |
| Painting | $30.81 | $27.65 | +$6.51 |
| Landscaping | $24.30 | $23.40 | |
| Cleaning | $20.38 | $18.73 | -$3.92 |
Against the minimum wage in Massachusetts
The minimum wage in Massachusetts is $15.00 an hour for most employers. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $23.40, is $8.40 above it, 56.0% 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 Massachusetts, $23.40 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $187.20 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $306.38; 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.