2026 Commercial Irrigation Salary Guide
Wage benchmarks for the 10 most-recruited commercial irrigation roles, sourced from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics via the nearest matching classification - with every proxy labeled and every unavailable figure disclosed honestly instead of filled in.
What's inside
- National wage benchmarks for installers, backflow specialists, and the rest of the 10 recruited roles, BLS-sourced
- Why irrigation has no dedicated BLS wage figure - and which classification stands in for each role
- Every role without a verified wage figure named honestly, never filled in with a guess
- Total-compensation factors that matter more than base pay in a seasonal trade
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Download 2026 Commercial Irrigation Salary GuideWhat the public wage data already says about commercial irrigation pay.
The guide is built from our own placement records. This is the other half - what the federal government published for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in May 2025, free, before any of our data is added to it.
There is no federal occupation code for commercial irrigation on its own. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers is the closest published occupation, and it is what every figure in this section describes.
The eight metros that pay it best.
| Metro | Median | vs national | Employed | Concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston, MA | $49,030 | +25% | 15,120 | 0.91× |
| Seattle, WA | $48,480 | +24% | 11,780 | 0.92× |
| San Jose, CA | $48,330 | +23% | 6,000 | 0.86× |
| San Francisco, CA | $48,040 | +23% | 12,270 | 0.84× |
| Worcester, MA | $47,980 | +23% | 2,170 | 1.01× |
| Minneapolis, MN | $47,160 | +20% | 11,820 | 0.99× |
| Portland, OR | $46,450 | +19% | 6,710 | 0.91× |
| Bridgeport, CT | $46,430 | +19% | 4,920 | 1.99× |
Concentration is the location quotient: 1.00× is the national rate, 1.40× means the metro has 40% more of these workers per job than the country as a whole.
The same job title pays $49,030 in Boston and $29,060 in McAllen - $19,970 a year apart. BLS publishes a median for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in all 100 of the metros we recruit in, so that is the full range and not a selection from it.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Figures are annual, for all employers, not only commercial contractors.
