- Wages
- Landscaping
- Vermont
How much does a landscaper make in Vermont?
In Vermont, landscaping and groundskeeping workers earned an average of $22.76 an hour in May 2025, and the median was $22.23 an hour, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
$22.76
$22.23
$20.33
$2.43 more an hour
$47,341
By the hour, the week and the year in Vermont
At 40 hours a week, the average of $22.76 an hour comes to $910.40 a week. Over the 2,080-hour year the BLS uses for its annual figures, it comes to $47,341 a year, and the median of $22.23 to $46,238 a year.
In Vermont, the average is $0.53 above the median (2.4%): a smaller group of higher wages pulls the average up, and half of landscaping and groundskeeping workers earn $22.23 an hour or less.
How does Vermont compare?
The average in Vermont is $2.43 above the national average of $20.33 (12.0% more), about $5,054 more a year at 2,080 hours.
By average wage, Vermont ranks 5 of 51 states and DC with data for this trade (1 pays the most). The national median is $18.82 an hour.
Vermont and its Census division, New England
By average wage, Vermont ranks 2 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 Vermont |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $24.30 | $23.40 | +$1.54 |
| Vermont | $22.76 | $22.23 | |
| Connecticut | $22.15 | $21.99 | -$0.61 |
| New Hampshire | $21.98 | $21.58 | -$0.78 |
| Rhode Island | $21.82 | $21.51 | -$0.94 |
| Maine | $21.70 | $22.10 | -$1.06 |
This trade and the others in Vermont
Of the 5 trades this site prices, landscaping and groundskeeping workers rank 4 of the 5 by average wage in Vermont. Among them, the average runs from $18.63 (Cleaning) to $30.08 (Concrete).
| Trade | Average per hour | Median per hour | Against landscaping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | $30.08 | $29.40 | +$7.32 |
| Drywall | $27.44 | $28.76 | +$4.68 |
| Painting | $26.39 | $25.54 | +$3.63 |
| Landscaping | $22.76 | $22.23 | |
| Cleaning | $18.63 | $18.12 | -$4.13 |
Against the minimum wage in Vermont
The minimum wage in Vermont is $14.42 an hour for most employers. The median of landscaping and groundskeeping workers, $22.23, is $7.81 above it, 54.2% more than the minimum. Over 2,080 hours the minimum comes to $29,994 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 Vermont, $22.23 an hour, the 8 hours of the starting job of the landscaping calculator cost $177.84 in wages. With its $55.00 of materials, 10% overhead and 15% profit, the quote comes to $294.54; 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.