Planter vs landscape technician

The differences between planters and landscape 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 planter and a landscape technician. Additionally, a planter has an average salary of $34,417, which is higher than the $29,080 average annual salary of a landscape technician.

The top three skills for a planter include water plants, assembly line and community outreach. The most important skills for a landscape technician are grounds maintenance, mowing, and GRASS.

Planter vs landscape technician overview

	Planter	Landscape Technician
Yearly salary	$34,417	$29,080
Hourly rate	$16.55	$13.98
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	375	37,240
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	43	41
Years of experience	2	2

Planter vs landscape technician salary

Planters and landscape technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Planter	Landscape Technician
Average salary	$34,417	$29,080
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $47,000	Between $23,000 And $36,000
Highest paying City	-	Lake Stevens, WA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Boulder County
Best paying industry	-	Hospitality

Differences between planter and landscape technician education

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

	Planter	Landscape Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Theology	Business
Most common college	-	-

Planter vs landscape technician demographics

Here are the differences between planters' and landscape technicians' demographics:

	Planter	Landscape Technician
Average age	43	41
Gender ratio	Male, 51.4% Female, 48.6%	Male, 91.8% Female, 8.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 64.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 21.1% Asian, 1.9% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	3%

Differences between planter and landscape technician duties and responsibilities

Planter example responsibilities.

Lead teens on spiritual retreat, provide classroom instruction at event, and execute youth prayer breakfast.
Design combination planters and monitor their progress.
Develop and participate in leadership workshops for new leaders and assist new leaders in assuming leadership responsibilities.
Founded, write and produce gospel group G.O.N.E.

Landscape technician example responsibilities.

Manage hardscape installation team and project
Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain-saws, clippers and pruning saws.
Handle the tasks of transplanting, pruning, weeding, fertilizing, spraying, constructing and mowing for landscape maintenance.
Experience with the use of typical yard work equipment including, lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and gas power trimmers.
Maintain shrubs, flowers and landscape areas with the use of mowers, edgers and other necessary hand and mechanical equipment.
Target and complete assignments such as mowing and treating various lawns, trimming shrubbery and bushes, sod installation and mulching.

Planter vs landscape technician skills

Common planter skills

Water Plants, 22%
Assembly Line, 17%
Community Outreach, 14%
Planters, 13%
Load Trucks, 12%
DIG, 8%

Common landscape technician skills

Grounds Maintenance, 16%
Mowing, 14%
GRASS, 12%
Snow Removal, 5%
Hand Tools, 5%
Blowers, 5%