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Estimated employment13,640
Mean wage15.87
Entry wage11.51
10th percentile wage10.29
50th percentile wage14.85
90th percentile wage23.25
 Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment % 
Professional & Business Services8,52062.5%
Leisure and Hospitality1,44010.6%
Public Adminsitration1,2209.0%
Construction8206.0%
Education & Health Services5404.0%
 Best Paying Industries
 IndustryEmploymentMedian
Wage
Public Adminsitration1,22018.86
Education & Health Services54018.37
Trade, Transportation & Utilities44017.23
Construction82016.49
Financial Activities32016.21
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers (37-3011)
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. Exclude "Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse" (45-2092).
Mean Wage History
YearThis OccupationCompared to
Occupational Group		Difference
Current$15.87 $15.40  $0.47
2014$15.75+.7%$15.29 +.7%$0.47
2013$15.44+2.0%$14.98 +2.0%$0.46
2012$15.24+1.3%$14.79 +1.3%$0.45
2011$15.02+1.5%$14.58 +1.5%$0.44
2010$14.81+1.4%$14.37 +1.4%$0.44
2009$14.66+1.1%$14.22 +1.1%$0.43
2008$14.37+2.0%$13.94 +2.0%$0.43
2007$13.98+2.8%$13.56 +2.8%$0.41
2006$13.43+4.1%$13.03 +4.1%$0.40
YearThis OccupationCompared to
All Occupations		Difference
Current$15.87 $26.98  -$11.11
2014$15.75+.7%$26.76 +.8%-$11.00
2013$15.44+2.0%$26.19 +2.2%-$10.74
2012$15.24+1.3%$25.66 +2.1%-$10.41
2011$15.02+1.5%$25.22 +1.7%-$10.19
2010$14.81+1.4%$24.82 +1.6%-$10.01
2009$14.66+1.1%$24.41 +1.7%-$9.74
2008$14.37+2.0%$24.08 +1.4%-$9.70
2007$13.98+2.8%$23.46 +2.6%-$9.48
2006$13.43+4.1%$22.71 +3.3%-$9.28

Note: The mid-wage is the median wage. The average wage is the mean wage. The entry-level wage is equal to the average of the lower third of reported wages for the occupation. The wage range consists of the 10th and 90th percentiles; 80% of workers earn between this wage range, 10% earn less while 10% earn more.

Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2015

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