Landscape Architect salary
What a landscape architect actually earns, from 207 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-07.
Switch the market above to see landscape architect pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A landscape architect earns a blended US median near 92,991 dollars, with the typical middle running from 75,723 dollars to 112,482 dollars. The official OEWS median is 79,660 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 15 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 80,556 dollars to 104,769 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 2% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is interior designer, at 33 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open landscape architect roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Landscape Architect at International Erosion Control AssociationMontclair, NJ1d agoApply
- Landscape Architect at Alfred Benesch & Co.Glastonbury, CT1d agoApply
- Landscape Architect at Paragon Associates, Inc.La Crosse, WI1d agoApply
Part-Time Landscape Designer at City of JacksonvilleJacksonville, FL$83k–$104k1d agoApply
Landscape Architect at Air Comfort CorporationBrooklyn, NY2d agoApply
CUSTOMER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT - DATA WAREHOUSE at AtosUnited Kingdom2d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$75,723$92,991$112,482
- United Kingdom$49,615$60,834$67,303
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 8'730/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 21 Naturwissenschaftler, Mathematiker und Ingenieure: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 104'760 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$98,880
- New York$89,940
- Virginia$81,440
- Florida$80,360
- Oregon$76,380
- Colorado$76,110
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a landscape architect profile already covers.
- 15 open building envelope consultant roles$117,052 median · +$24,061 · 30% readiness
- 76 open environmental engineer roles$108,611 median · +$15,620 · 27% readiness
- 403 open structural engineer roles$105,927 median · +$12,936 · 27% readiness
- 14 open industrial designer roles$100,224 median · +$7,233 · 13% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a landscape architect.
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Related salaries
- Interior Designer salary$77,200 median
- Architect salary$99,677 median
- Industrial Designer salary$100,224 median
Quick answers
How much does a landscape architect make?
The blended US median is about 92,991 dollars, with a typical range from 75,723 dollars to 112,482 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 79,660 dollars.
Is landscape architect a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 2% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a landscape architect move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is interior designer, at 33 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-1012. Live corpus 207 observations, 2026-09-07. Definitions in the glossary.