Grounds Maintenance Workers Career

The average annual wage of the occupations is $40,620 and $20 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Grounds Maintenance Workers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 1,015,700 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Grounds Maintenance Workers is $9,530. The average length of the programs is 750 hours and the average completion time is 9.00 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Grounds Maintenance Workers Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Grounds Maintenance Workers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	141	$9,530	$150	750 Hours	9.00 Months
Ornamental Horticulture	10	$27,312	-	-	-
Greenhouse Operations and Management	17	-	-	-	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	94	$26,474	-	-	-
Plant Nursery Operations and Management	34	$29,073	-	-	-
Turf and Turfgrass Management	36	$29,729	-	-	-
Golf Course Operation and Grounds Management	7	$25,457	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Grounds Maintenance Workers Career

The following 46 occupations are related to Grounds Maintenance Workers.

Related Occupations toGrounds Maintenance Workers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Soil and Plant Scientists	15,800	$77,080	$37
Agricultural Technicians	13,150	$46,810	$23
Forest and Conservation Technicians	28,740	$54,260	$26
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	126K	$58,920	$28
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,173K	$36,250	$17
Pest Control Workers	93,760	$44,650	$21
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	930K	$39,790	$19
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	23,520	$44,480	$21
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	50,270	$52,850	$25
Agricultural Equipment Operators	28,910	$41,850	$20
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	259K	$36,140	$17
Forest and Conservation Workers	5,750	$36,860	$18
Fallers	4,800	$61,190	$29
Logging Equipment Operators	23,720	$49,790	$24
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	204K	$57,410	$28
Construction Laborers	1,019K	$49,280	$24
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	43,080	$55,170	$27
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	450K	$62,180	$30
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	216K	$52,110	$25
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	436K	$67,840	$33
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons	7,700	$38,750	$19
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	45,300	$39,460	$19
Highway Maintenance Workers	151K	$49,070	$24
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	27,900	$49,590	$24
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	43,830	$47,730	$23
Helpers--Extraction Workers	7,360	$46,990	$23
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	36,830	$52,120	$25
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,503K	$49,650	$24
Riggers	23,870	$62,020	$30
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	31,970	$42,550	$20
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	6,660	$48,520	$23
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	185K	$31,880	$15
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	6,650	$37,570	$18
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	43,570	$40,120	$19
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	121K	$58,050	$28
Chemical Plant and System Operators	17,980	$79,450	$38
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	12,290	$41,490	$20
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	10,700	$44,050	$21
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	156K	$48,480	$23
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	15,210	$41,500	$20
Hoist and Winch Operators	2,230	$65,810	$32
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	365K	$35,250	$17
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,008K	$39,760	$19
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	11,570	$58,650	$28

Vocational Programs for Grounds Maintenance Workers Career

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Vocational Programs to Prepare Grounds Maintenance Workers Career

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