Landscape Architects · SOC 17-1012

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Landscape Architectss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for landscape architects. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (8 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 93 metro areas

Landscape Architects: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$119,910	70	0.1
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$119,730	610	0.3
3	Birmingham, AL	$109,010	70	0.1
4	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$106,030	150	0.1
5	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$103,670	630	0.2
6	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$101,640	150	0.1
7	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$99,470	130	0.1
8	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$99,330	170	0.4
9	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$99,180	30	0.1
10	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$97,280	Not published	Not published
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$95,760	570	0.1
12	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$94,510	40	0.1
13	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$94,040	Not published	Not published
14	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$92,970	470	0.3
15	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$91,520	350	0.1
16	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$91,140	Not published	Not published
17	Fresno, CA	$90,860	30	0.1
18	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$90,330	120	0.1
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$89,350	850	0.3
20	Wilmington, NC	$87,440	50	0.3
21	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$86,060	40	0.2
22	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$84,610	40	0.1
23	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$84,270	90	0.3
24	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$84,270	560	0.2
25	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$83,900	390	0.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Landscape Architects 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.