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Best cities for landscapers

Rank every metro by what matters to you: pay, buying power, rent and job market

Best cities for landscapers, balanced Our calculation

With balanced priorities, Fargo, ND ranks first for landscapers: $45,040 median pay worth $49,565 after local prices. We ranked the 385 metros with enough published landscaper data on pay, buying power, rent burden, job market size and unemployment.

  1. 1
    FargoNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $45,040 median · $49,565 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 770 jobs
    90
  2. 2
    AppletonWISCONSIN · WI · $44,380 median · $48,020 buying power · rent 27% of pay · 840 jobs
    88
  3. 3
    OmahaNEBRASKA · NE · $45,970 median · $50,016 buying power · rent 32% of pay · 3,870 jobs
    88
  4. 4
    BismarckNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $46,310 median · $50,877 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 320 jobs
    87
  5. 5
    MilwaukeeWISCONSIN · WI · $44,440 median · $45,844 buying power · rent 29% of pay · 5,020 jobs
    87
  6. 6
    Des MoinesIOWA · IA · $45,180 median · $49,269 buying power · rent 30% of pay · 2,230 jobs
    86
  7. 7
    Grand ForksNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $45,860 median · $52,918 buying power · rent 21% of pay · 240 jobs
    85
  8. 8
    AmesIOWA · IA · $44,580 median · $50,186 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 390 jobs
    85
  9. 9
    MankatoMINNESOTA · MN · $45,400 median · $49,915 buying power · rent 27% of pay · 330 jobs
    83
  10. 10
    RochesterMINNESOTA · MN · $45,550 median · $50,154 buying power · rent 30% of pay · 550 jobs
    83
  11. 11
    AnchorageALASKA · AK · $47,450 median · $45,010 buying power · rent 28% of pay · 750 jobs
    80
  12. 12
    BillingsMONTANA · MT · $44,230 median · $47,292 buying power · rent 30% of pay · 630 jobs
    80
  13. 13
    MadisonWISCONSIN · WI · $44,440 median · $45,679 buying power · rent 35% of pay · 2,330 jobs
    80
  14. 14
    KenoshaWISCONSIN · WI · $45,490 median · $44,987 buying power · rent 30% of pay · 520 jobs
    79
  15. 15
    MinotNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $42,680 median · $49,042 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 170 jobs
    79

Default weights: buying power 4, pay 3, rent 3, job market 2, unemployment 2. Change them below to re-rank.

Top 5 by each factor Government data

Highest pay

  1. Boston, MA: $49,030
  2. Barnstable Town, MA: $49,010
  3. Kahului, HI: $48,570
  4. Napa, CA: $48,540
  5. Fairbanks, AK: $48,520

Most buying power

  1. Grand Forks, ND: $52,918
  2. Bismarck, ND: $50,877
  3. Ames, IA: $50,186
  4. Rochester, MN: $50,154
  5. Omaha, NE: $50,016

Lowest rent burden

  1. Grand Forks, ND: 21% of pay for a 1-bed
  2. Cedar Rapids, IA: 24% of pay for a 1-bed
  3. Bismarck, ND: 24% of pay for a 1-bed
  4. Fargo, ND: 24% of pay for a 1-bed
  5. Minot, ND: 24% of pay for a 1-bed

Most jobs

  1. New York, NY: 50,410 employed
  2. Los Angeles, CA: 27,860 employed
  3. Chicago, IL: 25,160 employed
  4. Miami, FL: 21,170 employed
  5. Dallas, TX: 19,750 employed

See every metro on the landscaper overview.

What matters to you? Our calculation

Pick a quick start or set your own weights. Each metro gets a percentile for every factor (compared with all metros for this trade), weighted by your sliders. Nothing is estimated: a metro needs at least 4 of the 5 figures published to be ranked, and results show when one is missing.

Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS May 2025. Buying power: BEA 2024. Rent: HUD FY2027. How we calculate

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