Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Landscape Architects with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $42,500 to $54,790 per year or $20 to $26 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Landscape Architects to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $56 | $115,660 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $45 | $92,670 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $34 | $70,630 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $26 | $54,790 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $20 | $42,500 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
CA | $45 | $93,090 |
NY | $43 | $89,410 |
MA | $43 | $89,100 |
VA | $43 | $88,600 |
DC | $41 | $84,590 |
NE | $40 | $83,230 |
WA | $39 | $82,150 |
SD | $38 | $79,620 |
IL | $38 | $78,370 |
ME | $37 | $76,710 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Landscape Architect is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Landscape Architects are in the states of CA, NY, MA, VA and DC.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
State Government | $99690 | $47.93 |
Federal Executive Branch | $97320 | $46.79 |
Local Government | $94990 | $45.67 |
Residential Building Construction | $82650 | $39.74 |
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services | $78240 | $37.62 |
Real Estate | $77320 | $37.17 |
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $77300 | $37.16 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $75200 | $36.15 |
Other Specialty Trade Contractors | $69670 | $33.49 |
Social Advocacy Organizations | $66040 | $31.75 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $65540 | $31.51 |
Services to Buildings and Dwellings | $63020 | $30.30 |
Land Subdivision | $61930 | $29.78 |
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores | $59570 | $28.64 |