- Wages
- Landscaping
- Pennsylvania
How much does a landscaper make in Pennsylvania?
In Pennsylvania, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $19.95 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $18.99 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$19.95
$18.99
$20.33
$0.38 less an hour
$41,496
By the hour, the week and the year in Pennsylvania
At 40 hours a week, the average of $19.95 an hour comes to $798.00 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $41,496 a year, and the median of $18.99 to $39,499 a year.
In Pennsylvania, the average is $0.96 above the median (5.1%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $18.99 an hour or less.
How does Pennsylvania compare?
The average in Pennsylvania is $0.38 below the national average of $20.33 (1.9% less), about $790 less a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Pennsylvania ranks 27 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Pennsylvania and its Census division, Middle Atlantic
Of the 3 states of the division with data for this trade, Pennsylvania pays the lowest average, $19.95; the next is New Jersey with $20.82.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $21.93 | $21.56 | +$1.98 |
| New Jersey | $20.82 | $19.88 | +$0.87 |
| Pennsylvania | $19.95 | $18.99 |
This trade and the others in Pennsylvania
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Pennsylvania. Among them, the average runs from $16.23 (Cleaning) to $29.82 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $29.82 | $29.62 | +$9.87 |
| Drywall | $29.80 | $29.40 | +$9.85 |
| Painting | $26.07 | $25.06 | +$6.12 |
| Landscaping | $19.95 | $18.99 | |
| Cleaning | $16.23 | $16.29 | -$3.72 |
Against the minimum wage in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania most employers pay the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $18.99, is $11.74 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 Pennsylvania, $18.99 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $151.92 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $261.75; 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.