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Estimated employment790
Mean wage$16.29
Entry wage$10.98
10th percentile wage$9.57
50th percentile wage$15.77
90th percentile wage$23.36
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Percent
Professional and Business Services62078.9%
Education and Health Services101.8%
Leisure and Hospitality101.7%
Public Administration
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Median Wage
Education and Health Services10$19.08
Professional and Business Services620$16.29
Public Administration$14.76
Leisure and Hospitality10$14.08
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
Occupation		Compared to
Occupational Group		Difference
Current$15.77 $14.49  $1.28
2015$15.35+2.7%$14.10 +2.7%$1.25
2014$15.05+2.0%$13.82 +2.0%$1.22
2013$14.85+1.3%$13.65 +1.3%$1.21
2012$14.64+1.5%$13.45 +1.5%$1.19
2011$14.43+1.4%$13.26 +1.4%$1.17
2010$14.28+1.1%$13.12 +1.1%$1.16
2009$14.00+2.0%$12.87 +2.0%$1.14
2008$13.62+2.8%$12.52 +2.8%$1.11
2007$13.09+4.1%$12.02 +4.1%$1.06
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
All Occupations		Difference
Current$15.77 $19.47  -$3.70
2015$15.35+2.7%$18.93 +2.9%-$3.57
2014$15.05+2.0%$18.52 +2.2%-$3.47
2013$14.85+1.3%$18.15 +2.1%-$3.29
2012$14.64+1.5%$17.84 +1.7%-$3.19
2011$14.43+1.4%$17.56 +1.6%-$3.12
2010$14.28+1.1%$17.26 +1.7%-$2.97
2009$14.00+2.0%$17.03 +1.4%-$3.02
2008$13.62+2.8%$16.59 +2.6%-$2.97
2007$13.09+4.1%$16.06 +3.3%-$2.97
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 2016
Top Areas For This Occupation
Best Pay
Median Wage / Employment
New Haven $16.87 1,890
Danbury $15.77 790
Bridgeport $15.62 4,820
Waterbury $14.84 430
Hartford $13.36 3,640
Highest Employment
Median Wage / Employment
Bridgeport $15.62 4,820
Hartford $13.36 3,640
New Haven $16.87 1,890
Norwich-NL $13.36 870
Danbury $15.77 790
Wages in other areas
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