Highest-paying Cities for Landscape Architects

The top 100 highest paying cities for landscape architects (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of landscape architects in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $109,270, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for landscape architects. It is followed by San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California (average annual salary $103,810). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of landscape architects in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Landscape Architects

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$109,270	$63,850	70
2	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$103,810	$56,730	70
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$102,480	$58,190	630
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$100,870	$62,880	620
5	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$100,370	$58,120	40
6	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$98,510	$63,460	160
7	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$98,130	$59,090	170
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$97,470	$65,360	1,110
9	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$95,850	$57,220	110
10	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$94,590	$61,850	220
11	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$91,820	$35,930	250
12	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$91,760	$33,930	40
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$89,260	$54,170	440
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$89,160	$61,110	160
15	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$89,040	$57,650	310
16	Ithaca, New York	$87,400	$58,290	50
17	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$87,060	$58,970	200
18	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$84,280	$55,410	110
19	Salinas, California	$83,440	$61,750	40
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$83,310	$61,270	160
21	Camden, New Jersey	$83,100	$67,810	40
22	Boulder, Colorado	$82,780	$55,810	70
23	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$81,810	$71,410	50
24	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$81,670	$52,200	50
25	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$80,910	$48,120	130
26	Syracuse, New York	$80,740	$50,640	60
27	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$79,500	$39,710	40
28	Danbury, Connecticut	$78,920	$54,790	n/a
29	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$78,900	$39,130	30
30	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$78,880	$57,600	50
31	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$78,880	$52,270	460
32	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$78,710	$58,730	410
33	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$78,630	$59,990	390
34	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$77,800	$47,240	40
35	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$77,640	$45,700	40
36	Wilmington, New Jersey	$77,610	$52,950	n/a
37	Springfield, Massachusetts	$77,500	$52,130	40
38	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,440	$64,450	50
39	Knoxville, Tennessee	$77,380	$46,030	80
40	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$77,330	$54,000	210
41	Fresno, California	$76,920	$47,760	30
42	Salt Lake City, Utah	$75,780	$47,010	100
43	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$75,700	$42,890	460
44	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$75,420	$48,050	40
45	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$75,260	$49,980	290
46	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$74,720	$32,170	40
47	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$74,490	$49,810	570
48	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$74,460	$47,170	540
49	Jacksonville, Florida	$74,230	$47,180	100
50	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$73,650	$46,610	190
51	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$73,400	$45,040	680
52	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$73,390	$53,610	40
53	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$73,300	$47,350	400
54	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$72,810	$59,080	50
55	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$72,750	$46,280	670
56	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$71,790	$44,470	40
57	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$71,670	$56,230	100
58	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$71,600	$48,670	1,030
59	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$70,930	$43,880	40
60	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$70,800	$28,870	80
61	Worcester, Massachusetts	$70,590	$54,080	n/a
62	Tallahassee, Florida	$70,260	$43,030	n/a
63	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$70,050	$49,250	140
64	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$69,980	$48,200	50
65	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$69,690	$42,820	140
66	Madison, Wisconsin	$69,210	$52,070	90
67	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$69,170	$49,840	90
68	Peabody, Massachusetts	$68,690	$61,770	n/a
69	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$68,540	$48,340	860
70	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$68,240	$48,500	220
71	Spokane, Washington	$67,700	$48,390	30
72	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$67,630	$30,140	30
73	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,350	$49,780	30
74	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$67,120	$44,890	50
75	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$66,930	$43,610	90
76	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$66,890	$44,660	40
77	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$66,790	$50,690	40
78	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$66,690	$49,320	90
79	Rapid City, South Dakota	$66,670	$35,180	n/a
80	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$66,190	$37,460	230
81	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$65,980	$44,390	80
82	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$65,630	$54,840	n/a
83	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$65,600	$54,640	110
84	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$65,520	$40,550	210
85	Amarillo, Texas	$65,340	$42,680	n/a
86	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$65,230	$41,930	70
87	Rochester, New York	$65,160	$48,870	60
88	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$65,070	$45,310	470
89	Memphis, Tennessee	$64,670	$46,920	70
90	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$64,480	$45,950	50
91	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$64,300	$45,380	200
92	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$63,970	$42,620	390
93	Charleston, West Virginia	$63,820	$46,590	30
94	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$63,340	$44,000	830
95	Wichita, Kansas	$63,320	$34,960	30
96	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$63,060	$51,110	40
97	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$63,030	$27,390	n/a
98	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$63,020	$36,280	50
99	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$62,750	$52,220	80
100	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$62,740	$50,090	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for landscape architects.