The annual salary statistics of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Carbondale-Marion, Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Carbondale-Marion is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $24,960 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,960 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,580 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,460 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $57,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Carbondale-Marion, Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $57,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,960.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of landscaping and groundskeeping workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $35,580 | 19.00% | 28.41% |
| 2021 | $28,820 | 0.49% | - |
| 2020 | $28,680 | 12.41% | - |
| 2019 | $25,120 | -15.09% | - |
| 2018 | $28,910 | 1.31% | - |
| 2017 | $28,530 | 10.73% | - |
| 2016 | $25,470 | 15.08% | - |
| 2015 | $21,630 | -17.75% | - |
| 2012 | $25,470 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,580 in Carbondale-Marion is in the middle of salary range for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Carbondale-Marion is 4.7 percent (4.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) and 34.7 percent (34.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Bloomington-Normal.