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Tree Trimmers and Pruners · SOC 37-3013

Tree Trimmers and Pruners Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$51,700
Median hourly wage$24.86

Tree Trimmers and Pruners in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $51,700 per year ($24.86 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $42,680 at the 10th percentile to $69,190 at the 90th. BLS estimates 670 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Tree Trimmers and Pruners in the Washington metro area earn more than $51,700 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,860 and $56,170.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$42,680$45,860$51,700$56,170$69,190
Hourly$20.52$22.05$24.86$27.01$33.26

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

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $51,700
  • United Statesnational
    $50,960

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

The median here is +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$27,040$43,847$60,653$77,460Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $27,040Columbus, GA-AL — $34,410San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,490Omaha, NE-IA — $38,650Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $38,990Mobile, AL — $39,480Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $39,660Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $39,800Evansville, IN — $39,890Cleveland, TN — $39,950Lincoln, NE — $40,060Columbia, SC — $40,190Birmingham, AL — $40,500Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $40,520Montgomery, AL — $40,860Huntsville, AL — $41,000Athens-Clarke County, GA — $41,960Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $42,020Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,080Lubbock, TX — $42,680Harrisonburg, VA — $43,360Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $43,570Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,730Lexington-Fayette, KY — $43,870Fargo, ND-MN — $44,430Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,470Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $44,990Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $45,200Albuquerque, NM — $45,540Richmond, VA — $45,600Gainesville, FL — $45,620Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,660Cheyenne, WY — $45,760Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $45,810Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,050Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $46,130Visalia, CA — $46,160Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,750Wichita, KS — $46,820Wheeling, WV-OH — $46,890Macon-Bibb County, GA — $46,910Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,960Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,210Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,340Tulsa, OK — $47,410Winston-Salem, NC — $47,570Pittsburgh, PA — $47,710Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $47,720Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $47,830Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,850Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,920North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $47,960Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $48,140Wausau, WI — $48,270Topeka, KS — $48,370Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,540Jacksonville, FL — $48,580Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,680Knoxville, TN — $48,780Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,830Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,130Chambersburg, PA — $49,350Colorado Springs, CO — $49,550Traverse City, MI — $49,620Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $49,750Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,760Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $49,870Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,870Raleigh-Cary, NC — $50,040Stockton-Lodi, CA — $50,190Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $50,280Columbus, OH — $50,330Oklahoma City, OK — $50,330Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $50,350Kansas City, MO-KS — $50,670Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,680San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $50,770Cleveland, OH — $50,900Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $50,960Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $51,200Madison, WI — $51,290Columbia, MO — $51,470Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $51,700Boise City, ID — $52,000Urban Honolulu, HI — $52,390Portland-South Portland, ME — $52,970Binghamton, NY — $53,230Worcester, MA — $53,620York-Hanover, PA — $53,960Sheboygan, WI — $54,850Asheville, NC — $56,720Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $56,900Akron, OH — $57,450Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $58,210Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $58,350Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $58,480Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $59,020Appleton, WI — $59,120Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,150Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $59,370Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $59,460Bozeman, MT — $59,580Fresno, CA — $59,990Salinas, CA — $60,070Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $60,080Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,100Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $60,260Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $60,440Ann Arbor, MI — $60,520Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $60,610Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,860Springfield, MA — $60,980Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $61,040Greeley, CO — $61,050Springfield, MO — $61,140Modesto, CA — $61,270Barnstable Town, MA — $61,360Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $61,990Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $62,520Green Bay, WI — $62,590Reno, NV — $62,710Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,780Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $62,940St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,950San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $63,410Rockford, IL — $63,480Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $63,500San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $63,530San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $63,630Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $64,260New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $65,130Kingston, NY — $66,160Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $68,110Eugene-Springfield, OR — $68,290Bend, OR — $70,250Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $70,550Salem, OR — $71,190Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $73,570Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $74,580Syracuse, NY — $75,140Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $75,570San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $75,980New Haven, CT — $76,450Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $77,460

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 Washington metro area has the 62nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 144 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”.

Keep exploring

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

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$37,840Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$42,700Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$37,840First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$50,840First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$60,460Pest Control Workers$48,010

Highest-paying metro areas for tree trimmers and prunerss · Highest-paying occupations in Washington 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.