Skilled Trades
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.
Median salary
$56,170
Typical range
$39k – $83k
Job outlook
+2% (about average)
AI exposure
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Education
Typical entry: No degree (trade/license)
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Junior First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
Entry / Junior
$39,270
~2 yrs to advance
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
Established
$56,170
~3 yrs to advance
Senior First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
Senior
$69,625
Key skills
A typical day
- •Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
- •Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
- •Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
- •Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
- •Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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