- Wages
- Landscaping
- Montana
How much does a landscaper make in Montana?
In Montana, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $21.90 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $21.80 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$21.90
$21.80
$20.33
$1.57 more an hour
$45,552
By the hour, the week and the year in Montana
At 40 hours a week, the average of $21.90 an hour comes to $876.00 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $45,552 a year, and the median of $21.80 to $45,344 a year.
In Montana, the average is $0.10 above the median (0.5%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $21.80 an hour or less.
How does Montana compare?
The average in Montana is $1.57 above the national average of $20.33 (7.7% more), about $3,266 more a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Montana ranks 13 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Montana and its Census division, Mountain
By average wage, Montana ranks 2 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 Montana |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | $22.52 | $22.00 | +$0.62 |
| Montana | $21.90 | $21.80 | |
| Nevada | $20.92 | $18.66 | -$0.98 |
| Idaho | $20.58 | $20.00 | -$1.32 |
| Utah | $20.58 | $19.59 | -$1.32 |
| Arizona | $19.98 | $18.71 | -$1.92 |
| New Mexico | $19.07 | $18.06 | -$2.83 |
| Wyoming | $18.82 | $18.42 | -$3.08 |
This trade and the others in Montana
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Montana. Among them, the average runs from $17.66 (Cleaning) to $29.88 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $29.88 | $29.63 | +$7.98 |
| Drywall | $28.81 | $28.92 | +$6.91 |
| Painting | $26.30 | $28.03 | +$4.40 |
| Landscaping | $21.90 | $21.80 | |
| Cleaning | $17.66 | $17.18 | -$4.24 |
Against the minimum wage in Montana
The minimum wage in Montana is $10.85 an hour for most employers. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $21.80, is $10.95 above it, 2.0 times the minimum. Over 2,080 hours the minimum comes to $22,568 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 Montana, $21.80 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $174.40 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $290.19; 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.