Garden worker vs landscaper

The differences between garden workers and landscapers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a garden worker and a landscaper. Additionally, a landscaper has an average salary of $28,952, which is higher than the $27,715 average annual salary of a garden worker.

The top three skills for a garden worker include mowing, water plants and customer service. The most important skills for a landscaper are mowing, taking care, and GRASS.

Garden worker vs landscaper overview

	Garden Worker	Landscaper
Yearly salary	$27,715	$28,952
Hourly rate	$13.32	$13.92
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	20,918	11,147
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 49%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Garden worker vs landscaper salary

Garden workers and landscapers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Garden Worker	Landscaper
Average salary	$27,715	$28,952
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $23,000 And $36,000
Highest paying City	Richmond, CA	Santa Clara, CA
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
Best paying company	New York Botanical Garden	Princeton University
Best paying industry	Professional	Health Care

Differences between garden worker and landscaper education

There are a few differences between a garden worker and a landscaper in terms of educational background:

	Garden Worker	Landscaper
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 49%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Garden worker vs landscaper demographics

Here are the differences between garden workers' and landscapers' demographics:

	Garden Worker	Landscaper
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 56.6% Female, 43.4%	Male, 91.0% Female, 9.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 23.4% Asian, 1.5% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% Asian, 1.5% White, 61.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between garden worker and landscaper duties and responsibilities

Garden worker example responsibilities.

Participate in ordering of all nursery stock and managing inventory.
Utilize gardening tools and machinery such rototiller, hoes, rakes, shovels, chainsaw, and loppers
Help trim, prune, weed, edge, and add mulch to the garden.
Maintain cemetery's and have to dig graves.
Maintain lawn: mowing, trimming, and weeding.
Provide care and upkeep of the campus lawn such as planting flowers and mowing

Landscaper example responsibilities.

Manage clients and run all landscape operations including groundskeeping, seasonal cleaning, and pressure washing
Manage hardscape installation team and project
Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, snow blowers, chainsaws, sod cutters, pruning saws and edgers.
Install plants, landscape lighting, and hardscape features (including retaining walls, paving stones and ponds).
Used various tools to cut grass, prune small trees and shrubbery, paint, and perform other landscaping duties.
Operate weed-whacker, leaf blower, lawn mower, and use of handsaw, shovels, and clippers as needed.

Garden worker vs landscaper skills

Common garden worker skills

Mowing, 34%
Water Plants, 17%
Customer Service, 15%
Mowers, 8%
Nursery, 6%
Pruners, 5%

Common landscaper skills

Mowing, 19%
Taking Care, 14%
GRASS, 12%
Power Saws, 11%
Prune, 7%
Golf Courses, 6%

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