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Landscape Architects · SOC 17-1012

Landscape Architects Salary in the San Luis Obispo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Luis Obispo city limits.

Median annual wage$77,570
Median hourly wage$37.29

Landscape Architects in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area earned a median of $77,570 per year ($37.29 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $59,790 at the 10th percentile to $149,350 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Landscape Architects in the San Luis Obispo metro area earn more than $77,570 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $62,400 and $127,100.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$59,790$62,400$77,570$127,100$149,350
Hourly$28.74$30.00$37.29$61.11$71.80

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Luis Obispo metro areathis metro area
    $77,570
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $98,380
  • United Statesnational
    $79,870

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −21% vs California overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$61,010$80,643$100,277$119,910Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $61,010Omaha, NE-IA — $62,170Salem, OR — $63,180Salinas, CA — $63,520Tulsa, OK — $63,780Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $64,330Oklahoma City, OK — $64,370Columbus, OH — $64,660St. Louis, MO-IL — $66,080Wichita, KS — $66,120Lincoln, NE — $66,730Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $66,830Albuquerque, NM — $67,850Tucson, AZ — $67,860Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,990Fort Wayne, IN — $67,990Cleveland, OH — $69,990Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $70,620Tallahassee, FL — $70,690Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $70,800Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $71,900Syracuse, NY — $71,930Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $73,490Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $73,600Pittsburgh, PA — $73,930York-Hanover, PA — $74,670Eugene-Springfield, OR — $74,970Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $74,990Lexington-Fayette, KY — $74,990Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $75,870Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $75,980Lancaster, PA — $76,590New Haven, CT — $76,680Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $76,730Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $77,040Colorado Springs, CO — $77,180Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $77,220Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $77,270Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $77,450San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $77,570Rochester, NY — $77,610Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $77,670Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $77,670Greensboro-High Point, NC — $77,850Reno, NV — $78,010San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $78,880Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $79,130Boise City, ID — $79,190Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $79,490Kansas City, MO-KS — $79,640Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $79,650Boulder, CO — $80,240Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $80,600Jacksonville, FL — $80,610Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $80,880Asheville, NC — $81,260Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $81,350Richmond, VA — $81,380Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $81,520Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $82,010North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $82,070Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $82,630Madison, WI — $82,870Portland-South Portland, ME — $82,870Ann Arbor, MI — $83,150San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $83,190Raleigh-Cary, NC — $83,420Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $83,590Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $83,900Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $84,270Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $84,270Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $84,610Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $86,060Wilmington, NC — $87,440Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $89,350Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $90,330Fresno, CA — $90,860Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $91,140Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $91,520Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $92,970New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $94,040Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $94,510Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $95,760Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $97,280Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $99,180Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $99,330Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $99,470Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $101,640Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $103,670Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $106,030Birmingham, AL — $109,010San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $119,730San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $119,910

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Luis Obispo metro area has the 54th-highest published median for this occupation among the 93 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for landscape architects, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Luis Obispo metro areathis page
    $77,570
  • San Jose metro area
    $119,910
  • San Francisco metro area
    $119,730
  • Sacramento metro area
    $106,030
  • Riverside metro area
    $101,640
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $95,760
  • Fresno metro area
    $90,860

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Civil Engineers$110,210Engineers, All Other$97,210Architectural and Civil Drafters$71,860Mechanical Engineers$102,270Industrial Engineers$100,380Electrical Engineers$136,240

Highest-paying metro areas for landscape architectss · Highest-paying occupations in San Luis Obispo Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.