Landscape labour vs lawn technician

The differences between landscape labours and lawn technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a landscape labour and a lawn technician. Additionally, a lawn technician has an average salary of $32,360, which is higher than the $29,047 average annual salary of a landscape labour.

The top three skills for a landscape labour include GRASS, hand tools and mowing. The most important skills for a lawn technician are lawn care, mowing, and quality customer service.

Landscape labour vs lawn technician overview

	Landscape Labour	Lawn Technician
Yearly salary	$29,047	$32,360
Hourly rate	$13.96	$15.56
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	30,546	32,938
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 52%	High School Diploma, 43%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Landscape labour vs lawn technician salary

Landscape labours and lawn technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Landscape Labour	Lawn Technician
Average salary	$29,047	$32,360
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $36,000	Between $25,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	Southampton, NY	Spokane, WA
Highest paying state	Alaska	Massachusetts
Best paying company	Valley Brook Country Club	Hulett Environmental Services
Best paying industry	Health Care	Construction

Differences between landscape labour and lawn technician education

There are a few differences between a landscape labour and a lawn technician in terms of educational background:

	Landscape Labour	Lawn Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 52%	High School Diploma, 43%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Landscape labour vs lawn technician demographics

Here are the differences between landscape labours' and lawn technicians' demographics:

	Landscape Labour	Lawn Technician
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 91.4% Female, 8.6%	Male, 95.3% Female, 4.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 23.6% Asian, 1.5% White, 60.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% Asian, 1.7% White, 61.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between landscape labour and lawn technician duties and responsibilities

Landscape labour example responsibilities.

Manage hardscape installation team and project
Used equipment such as weed eaters, lawn mowers, shovels, etc accordingly to client's requests.
Plant trees, seeds, flowering plants, grass, shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
Learned to use equipment such as edger's, backpack blowers, stand up and sit down lawn mowers, tractors.
Recommend purchasing smaller snow blowers.
Care for nursery stock and assist customers.

Lawn technician example responsibilities.

Manage hardscape installation team and project
Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.
Perform lawn maintenance using various types of mowers, weed-eaters, blowers, and hedge trimmers.
Supervise crew responsible for mowing, aerating lawns, chemical applications, pest control, and monitoring plant growth and care.
Pull weeds prune plants and bushes, and create landscape designs.
lay sod, install sprinklers and remove old or out date equipment.

Landscape labour vs lawn technician skills

Common landscape labour skills

GRASS, 13%
Hand Tools, 13%
Mowing, 12%
Shovels, 7%
MOW Lawns, 6%
Blowers, 4%

Common lawn technician skills

Lawn Care, 17%
Mowing, 16%
Quality Customer Service, 10%
Weed Control, 9%
Fertilize Lawns, 7%
Pest Control, 4%

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