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COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING - ROLE PROFILE

Landscape Project Manager

We place this role between $72,000 and $110,000 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 Construction Managers (SOC 11-9021), May 2025. Nationally it reports a median of $114,990 , with the middle of the market between $69,690 and $189,440. 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.

Construction Managers across the metros we cover, May 2025. BLS publishes a median for 111 of them and withholds the rest, where the local sample was too small to be reliable.

Highest-paying metros - Construction Managers
Metro Median Employed there
San Francisco $166,030 5,160
San Jose $163,040 1,850
Seattle $159,430 4,010
New York $158,000 12,120
Boston $156,470 7,570
Portland $146,740 2,690
Worcester $140,570 880
Rochester $134,940 490
McAllen $83,450 500
El Paso $84,030 1,000
Little Rock $84,110 650

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.

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.

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