- Wages
- Landscaping
- Mississippi
How much does a landscaper make in Mississippi?
In Mississippi, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $16.12 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $15.21 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$16.12
$15.21
$20.33
$4.21 less an hour
$33,530
By the hour, the week and the year in Mississippi
At 40 hours a week, the average of $16.12 an hour comes to $644.80 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $33,530 a year, and the median of $15.21 to $31,637 a year.
In Mississippi, the average is $0.91 above the median (6.0%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $15.21 an hour or less.
How does Mississippi compare?
The average in Mississippi is $4.21 below the national average of $20.33 (20.7% less), about $8,757 less a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Mississippi ranks 51 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Mississippi and its Census division, East South Central
Of the 4 states of the division with data for this trade, Mississippi pays the lowest average, $16.12; the next is Alabama with $17.36.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Mississippi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | $18.56 | $17.80 | +$2.44 |
| Kentucky | $18.34 | $17.63 | +$2.22 |
| Alabama | $17.36 | $17.13 | +$1.24 |
| Mississippi | $16.12 | $15.21 |
This trade and the others in Mississippi
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Mississippi. Among them, the average runs from $12.43 (Cleaning) to $22.33 (Painting).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painting | $22.33 | $21.54 | +$6.21 |
| Concrete | $20.90 | $21.14 | +$4.78 |
| Drywall | $18.86 | $17.94 | +$2.74 |
| Landscaping | $16.12 | $15.21 | |
| Cleaning | $12.43 | $12.19 | -$3.69 |
Against the minimum wage in Mississippi
In Mississippi most employers pay the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $15.21, is $7.96 above it, 2.1 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 Mississippi, $15.21 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $121.68 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $223.50; 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.