The annual salary statistics of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage information of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Lexington-Fayette 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 | $23,960 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,010 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $31,830 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,380 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $41,680 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $41,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,830. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,960.
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 | $31,830 | 5.84% | 28.24% |
| 2021 | $29,970 | -2.64% | - |
| 2020 | $30,760 | -4.10% | - |
| 2019 | $32,020 | 13.59% | - |
| 2018 | $27,670 | 5.75% | - |
| 2017 | $26,080 | 8.55% | - |
| 2016 | $23,850 | 0.08% | - |
| 2015 | $23,830 | 6.08% | - |
| 2014 | $22,380 | -0.85% | - |
| 2013 | $22,570 | -1.20% | - |
| 2012 | $22,840 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,830 in Lexington-Fayette is in the middle of salary range for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Lexington-Fayette is 5.6 percent (5.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Louisville-Jefferson County and 12.8 percent (12.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Evansville | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Owensboro | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bowling Green | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |