Occupational Employment Statistics
37-3011 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units. Excludes "Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse" (45-2092).
Central Minnesota
| 1,940 | 75 | $19.91/hr | $13.87/hr | $16.17/hr | $18.90/hr | $22.57/hr | $26.95/hr |
Natural Resources and Mining | N/A | N/A |
Construction | 460 | $18.10/hr |
Manufacturing | 10 | $19.25/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 260 | $21.52/hr |
Information | N/A | N/A |
Financial Activities | 220 | $17.43/hr |
Professional and Business Services | 10,200 | $19.47/hr |
Education and Health Services | 380 | $24.90/hr |
Leisure and Hospitality | 2,710 | $15.04/hr |
Other Services | 690 | $16.72/hr |
Public Administration | 1,320 | $19.19/hr |
- Gather and remove litter.
- Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features.
- Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain-saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
- Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
- Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
- Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
- Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.
- Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
- Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
- Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.