First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers · SOC 37-1012
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workerss
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Top 25 of 346 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salinas, CA | $78,730 | 230 | 1.2 |
| 2 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $76,990 | 1,570 | 0.7 |
| 3 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $76,910 | 600 | 0.5 |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $76,490 | 1,140 | 0.5 |
| 5 | Vallejo, CA | $76,220 | 80 | 0.5 |
| 6 | Napa, CA | $75,040 | 130 | 1.7 |
| 7 | Dover, DE | $75,000 | 30 | 0.5 |
| 8 | Anchorage, AK | $74,690 | 90 | 0.5 |
| 9 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $74,610 | 6,100 | 0.6 |
| 10 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $73,670 | 1,150 | 1.1 |
| 11 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $72,800 | 320 | 1.5 |
| 12 | Medford, OR | $71,130 | 70 | 0.8 |
| 13 | Madison, WI | $70,740 | 370 | 0.9 |
| 14 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $69,820 | 50 | 0.4 |
| 15 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $69,770 | 140 | 1.4 |
| 16 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $69,590 | 830 | 0.7 |
| 17 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $69,540 | 120 | 0.5 |
| 18 | Chico, CA | $69,040 | 60 | 0.7 |
| 19 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $68,160 | 90 | 0.5 |
| 20 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $68,100 | 1,690 | 0.6 |
| 21 | Grand Forks, ND-MN | $67,520 | 30 | 0.6 |
| 22 | Bend, OR | $67,210 | 130 | 1.2 |
| 23 | New Haven, CT | $67,130 | 170 | 0.6 |
| 24 | Worcester, MA | $67,090 | 310 | 0.9 |
| 25 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $66,820 | 290 | 1.1 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers overview.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.