- Wages
- Landscaping
- Texas
How much does a landscaper make in Texas?
In Texas, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $18.27 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $17.66 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$18.27
$17.66
$20.33
$2.06 less an hour
$38,002
By the hour, the week and the year in Texas
At 40 hours a week, the average of $18.27 an hour comes to $730.80 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $38,002 a year, and the median of $17.66 to $36,733 a year.
In Texas, the average is $0.61 above the median (3.5%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $17.66 an hour or less.
How does Texas compare?
The average in Texas is $2.06 below the national average of $20.33 (10.1% less), about $4,285 less a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Texas ranks 43 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Texas and its Census division, West South Central
Of the 4 states of the division with data for this trade, Texas pays the highest average, $18.27; next comes Oklahoma with $17.43.
| State | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | $18.27 | $17.66 | |
| Oklahoma | $17.43 | $17.20 | -$0.84 |
| Arkansas | $17.34 | $17.20 | -$0.93 |
| Louisiana | $16.42 | $16.76 | -$1.85 |
This trade and the others in Texas
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Texas. Among them, the average runs from $14.56 (Cleaning) to $23.69 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $23.69 | $22.84 | +$5.42 |
| Drywall | $23.58 | $22.88 | +$5.31 |
| Painting | $22.13 | $21.86 | +$3.86 |
| Landscaping | $18.27 | $17.66 | |
| Cleaning | $14.56 | $14.26 | -$3.71 |
Against the minimum wage in Texas
In Texas most employers pay the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $17.66, is $10.41 above it, 2.4 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 Texas, $17.66 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $141.28 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $248.30; 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.