Landscape Crew Leader Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Landscape Crew Leader in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Landscape Crew Leader in National, the published median for SOC 37-1012, First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers, is $58,430 per year. The middle half of the Landscape Crew Leader in National wage distribution runs from $47,390 to $72,590, a width of $25,200 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Landscape Crew Leader comparison, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $74,610 per year while Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA reports $61,350 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Landscape Crew Leader figure pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers, read alongside Landscape Crew Leader in National, are Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction at $96,950 per year (NAICS 237900); Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution at $88,050 per year (NAICS 221100); Waste Management and Remediation Services at $83,840 per year (NAICS 562000). Those Landscape Crew Leader in National industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Landscape Crew Leader in National median was $56,170 per year in May 2024, compared with $58,430 in May 2025, a published difference of $2,260. That Landscape Crew Leader in National comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $56,170 and $58,430 Landscape Crew Leader in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $58,430 per year for Landscape Crew Leader in National, separate on-call duties, overtime, travel reimbursement, tool replacement and any truck allowance separately; prevailing wage and union requirements must be checked against the actual assignment. The Landscape Crew Leader in National BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Landscape Crew Leader in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Landscape Crew Leader in National is broader: BLS groups Landscape Crew Leader within First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Landscape Crew Leader in National opening, the work checks include NALP Landscape Industry Certified Technician; pesticide applicator license helpful; ask for evidence of that scope instead of using a percentile as a substitute for qualification. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Landscape Crew Leader in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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