The annual salary statistics of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 | $24,870 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,610 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,930 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $41,570 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $51,400 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,400. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,930. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,870.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of landscaping and groundskeeping workers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $34,930 | 3.55% | 5.47% |
| 2016 | $33,690 | 0.12% | - |
| 2015 | $33,650 | 1.55% | - |
| 2014 | $33,130 | -1.60% | - |
| 2013 | $33,660 | 1.90% | - |
| 2012 | $33,020 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,930 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 33.5 percent (33.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area and 5.8 percent (5.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area | |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Barnstable Town | |
| Worcester | |
| Springfield | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| Pittsfield | |
| New Bedford | |
| Peabody | |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Framingham | |
| North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton |