Career
Landscape architects
Design parks, campuses and the outdoor places people share.
$79,870
Median pay
+4.4%
Job growth, 2025–35
1,700
Openings a year
Bachelor's degree
Typical education
4 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.
- Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.
- Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, evaluate quality of materials or work, or advise clients or construction personnel.
- Prepare site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for land development.
- Integrate existing land features or landscaping into designs.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on objects & tools, then ideas & analysis?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
4 years of education after high school (bachelor's degree), for a median of $79,870 a year and 1,700 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Environmental Design/ArchitectureCIP 04.0401
- Landscape ArchitectureCIP 04.0601
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$99,280 · +4.3%
- Environmental Restoration Planners
- Architectural and Civil Drafters$66,150 · +5.2%
- Civil Engineers$100,840 · +6.4%
- Sustainability Specialists
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.