- Wages
- Landscaping
- Rhode Island
How much does a landscaper make in Rhode Island?
In Rhode Island, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $21.82 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $21.51 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$21.82
$21.51
$20.33
$1.49 more an hour
$45,386
By the hour, the week and the year in Rhode Island
At 40 hours a week, the average of $21.82 an hour comes to $872.80 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $45,386 a year, and the median of $21.51 to $44,741 a year.
In Rhode Island, the average is $0.31 above the median (1.4%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $21.51 an hour or less.
How does Rhode Island compare?
The average in Rhode Island is $1.49 above the national average of $20.33 (7.3% more), about $3,099 more a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Rhode Island ranks 14 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Rhode Island and its Census division, New England
By average wage, Rhode Island ranks 5 of the 6 states of the division with data for this trade: the highest is Massachusetts, $24.30, and the lowest Maine, $21.70.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Rhode Island |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $24.30 | $23.40 | +$2.48 |
| Vermont | $22.76 | $22.23 | +$0.94 |
| Connecticut | $22.15 | $21.99 | +$0.33 |
| New Hampshire | $21.98 | $21.58 | +$0.16 |
| Rhode Island | $21.82 | $21.51 | |
| Maine | $21.70 | $22.10 | -$0.12 |
This trade and the others in Rhode Island
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Rhode Island. Among them, the average runs from $18.88 (Cleaning) to $31.74 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $31.74 | $30.26 | +$9.92 |
| Drywall | $27.58 | $22.65 | +$5.76 |
| Painting | $23.15 | $20.00 | +$1.33 |
| Landscaping | $21.82 | $21.51 | |
| Cleaning | $18.88 | $18.05 | -$2.94 |
Against the minimum wage in Rhode Island
The minimum wage in Rhode Island is $16.00 an hour for most employers. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $21.51, is $5.51 above it, 34.4% more than the minimum. Over 2,080 hours the minimum comes to $33,280 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 Rhode Island, $21.51 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $172.08 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $287.26; 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.