Assistant landscaper vs groundsman

The differences between assistant landscapers and groundsmen can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an assistant landscaper and a groundsman. Additionally, an assistant landscaper has an average salary of $35,069, which is higher than the $33,013 average annual salary of a groundsman.

The top three skills for an assistant landscaper include mowing, CAD and design process. The most important skills for a groundsman are CDL, hand tools, and lawn care.

Assistant landscaper vs groundsman overview

	Assistant Landscaper	Groundsman
Yearly salary	$35,069	$33,013
Hourly rate	$16.86	$15.87
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	5,162	3,486
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	High School Diploma, 59%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Assistant landscaper vs groundsman salary

Assistant landscapers and groundsmen have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Assistant Landscaper	Groundsman
Average salary	$35,069	$33,013
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $59,000	Between $25,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Billerica, MA
Highest paying state	-	North Dakota
Best paying company	-	Nashua Country Club
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between assistant landscaper and groundsman education

There are a few differences between an assistant landscaper and a groundsman in terms of educational background:

	Assistant Landscaper	Groundsman
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	High School Diploma, 59%
Most common major	Landscape Architecture	Business
Most common college	-	-

Assistant landscaper vs groundsman demographics

Here are the differences between assistant landscapers' and groundsmen' demographics:

	Assistant Landscaper	Groundsman
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 76.4% Female, 23.6%	Male, 95.3% Female, 4.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.9% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 25.0% Asian, 2.1% White, 57.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 20.4% Asian, 2.0% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between assistant landscaper and groundsman duties and responsibilities

Assistant landscaper example responsibilities.

Manage clients and run all landscape operations including groundskeeping, seasonal cleaning, and pressure washing
Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, or axes.
Operate lawn and grind equipment such as power mowers, snow plows and blowers.
Operate industrial mowers and string trimmers.
Help design, prepare, and maintain garden beds and planters
Sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, and raking.

Groundsman example responsibilities.

Used hand saws and hand pruners as well as motorized saws to manage tree cuttings on the ground.
Use of gas and electric equipment to include mowers, edger's, weed eaters, blowers, hedgers, and saws
Certify adult cpr and first aid.
Locate underground utility lines with the use of electronic locators and shovels.
Use chipper to dispose of brush, use bobcat to load wood into trailer.
Range from running a chainsaw to roping a limb, to running the bobcat machine.

Assistant landscaper vs groundsman skills

Common assistant landscaper skills

Mowing, 20%
CAD, 13%
Design Process, 8%
Cost Estimates, 6%
MOW, 5%
Irrigation Systems, 5%

Common groundsman skills

CDL, 16%
Hand Tools, 15%
Lawn Care, 9%
Blowers, 6%
Snow Removal, 5%
Mowing, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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