Landscape Crew Lead
We place this role between $45,000 and $65,000 a year at mid experience, before overtime, bonus and on-call.
What this role pays.
That band is mid experience, built from our own engagement history. Experience and region move it - the salary calculator applies both.
The federal occupation this role reports under is Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers (SOC 37-3011), May 2025. Nationally it reports a median of $39,150 , with the middle of the market between $31,150 and $56,730. BLS counts this job inside that occupation rather than publishing it separately, so the figures cover a slightly wider group than this exact title.
Where it pays most.
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers across the metros we cover, May 2025. BLS publishes a median for 112 of them and withholds the rest, where the local sample was too small to be reliable.
| Metro | Median | Employed there |
|---|---|---|
| Boston | $49,030 | 15,120 |
| Seattle | $48,480 | 11,780 |
| San Jose | $48,330 | 6,000 |
| San Francisco | $48,040 | 12,270 |
| Worcester | $47,980 | 2,170 |
| boulder co | $47,530 | 1,200 |
| Minneapolis | $47,160 | 11,820 |
| santa rosa ca | $46,740 | 2,740 |
| McAllen | $29,060 | 680 |
| El Paso | $30,640 | 1,200 |
| Myrtle Beach | $34,410 | 1,590 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. The last three rows are the lowest-paying metros in the same set. Headcount is metro-wide across every industry, not this trade alone.
Landscape Crew Lead vs Landscape Foreman.
A crew lead runs one crew and works alongside it. A foreman is the seat above: several crews, the schedule across them, and answering for quality and hours rather than producing them. The federal data agrees - a crew lead is counted among grounds maintenance workers, a foreman among first-line supervisors of landscaping workers - which is why the wage table on this page and the one on the foreman page are not the same table.
Credentials that move an offer.
No single credential reliably moves an offer in this seat. Employers screen on demonstrated commercial experience instead, which makes the resume harder to read and the reference check worth more.
Licensing is a state question, not a national one. The Commercial Landscaping hiring page carries the state-by-state position, and every market page names the authority for that state.
What the search actually takes.
We have closed 0 commercial landscaping searches in 2026 year to date, which is below the 8 we require before publishing a median. We would rather print the count than a number the sample cannot carry. The Hiring Index shows what we do and do not have.
Keep reading.
- 2026 Commercial Landscaping Salary Guide - the full benchmark by role.
- Commercial Landscaping recruiting - how we run this trade.
- Salary calculator - the band by experience and region.
- Commercial Landscaping hiring in Houston - one market in detail.
- Hiring Index - how long our searches actually take.
Other Commercial Landscaping roles we recruit
All 56 roles we recruit - every trade, every seat.