Independent reporting on the landscaping trade
Prices built from public data, pay for every state, and license rules for all 50, with every number linked to its source.
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Built from public data
Data report
The landscaping industry in federal numbers: revenue, businesses, jobs, pay and prices for every state, built from Census and BLS releases you can download and check.
By the Editorial Team 18 min read
For business owners
Price check
Installed prices built from published material prices and state labor rates. Each range links to the guide that shows the math.
| Project | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Installed hardscape surfaces, gravel to porcelain | $7 to $55 per sq ft |
| Median bulk price for black, brown and red dyed mulch | $43 to $44 a yard |
| Typical bulk wood mulch, as sold | 400 to 600 lb per cubic yard |
| Low-voltage LED landscape lighting, installed | $165 to $520 per fixture |
| Typical 6-zone sprinkler system, installed | $5,750 to $8,308 |
| Artificial turf, installed | $5.40 to $9.80 per sq ft |
| Trimming a 30 to 60 ft tree, crown cleaning | $270 to $1,080 per tree |
| Plain broom-finish concrete patio, installed | $10 to $20 per sq ft |
| River rock installed 3 in. deep over fabric | $1.86 to $3.79 per sq ft |
| Weekly mowing, 4,000 to 8,000 sq ft lawn (median) | $50 to $60 per visit |
Estimates, not quotes. Sources and assumptions are listed in each guide.
Published prices from sod farms, nurseries and supply yards, plus USDA market reports.
Crew pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, plus payroll taxes, for every state.
Each guide lists its sources and the arithmetic, so you can check a quote line by line.
Careers
Landscapers earn a median $18.82 an hour ($39,150 a year), from $15.21 in Mississippi to $23.40 in Massachusetts. Full state, metro, role and trend tables from federal wage data.
Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, NAICS 561730, series CEU6056173003 and CEU6056173008, annual averages of not-seasonally-adjusted data.
| All employees | Production and nonsupervisory (crew-level) employees | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17.40 | 15.75 |
| 2016 | 17.94 | 16.17 |
| 2017 | 18.67 | 16.64 |
| 2018 | 19.53 | 17.50 |
| 2019 | 20.15 | 18.10 |
| 2020 | 21.27 | 19.29 |
| 2021 | 22.76 | 20.52 |
| 2022 | 24.90 | 22.68 |
| 2023 | 25.35 | 23.10 |
| 2024 | 26.32 | 24.03 |
| 2025 | 27.63 | 25.40 |
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A note from the editors
Most landscaping prices online are survey averages with no sources. We build ours from things you can check: what sod farms and supply yards publish, what the Bureau of Labor Statistics says crews earn in your state, and what each state’s licensing law actually says. When a number changes, we update the page and say so.
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