Grounds Maintenance Workers

Significant Points

Opportunities should be very good, especially for workers willing to work seasonal or variable schedules, because of significant job turnover and increasing demand by landscaping services companies.
Many beginning jobs have low earnings and are physically demanding.
Most workers learn through short-term on-the-job training.

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Area and Industry employment and wages
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers: (Area) (Industry)
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers: (Area) (Industry)
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation: (Area) (Industry)
Tree trimmers and pruners: (Area) (Industry)
Grounds maintenance workers, all other: (Area) (Industry)

Also see Grounds maintenance workers in the 2004-05 Occupational Outlook Handbook
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