Note: There are two tables of wages on this page. The first is by county or region, the second by metropolitan area.
WAGES FOR LANDSCAPING & GROUNDSKEEPING LABORERS
1995-98
| County / Area | Year | Entry Level: No Experience |
Experienced: New to Firm |
Experienced: 3 Years with Firm |
| Typical Wages* (Median) |
Typical Wages* (Median) |
Typical Wages* (Median) |
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| Contra Costa | ||||
| Non-union | 1998 | $5.75-10.00 ($6.63) | $5.75-12.00 ($8.00) | $5.75-16.00 ($10.00) |
| Union | 1998 | $6.50-11.85 ($10.29) | $6.50-20.81 ($11.70) | $12.69-20.81 ($14.35) |
| * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the
same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less. |
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Source: California Cooperative Occupational Information System
Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department
WAGES FOR LANDSCAPING & GROUNDSKEEPING LABORERS
1996
| Metropolitan Area (County) | Average | Median * | Midrange ** |
| Bakersfield (Kern) | $8.61 | $8.09 | $5.96-10.13 |
| Chico-Paradise (Butte) | $7.90 | $7.23 | $5.67-9.21 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach (Los Angeles) |
$10.49 | $9.39 | $7.06-12.67 |
| Merced (Merced) | $7.19 | $6.72 | $5.52-8.09 |
| Modesto (Stanislaus) | $9.52 | $8.93 | $6.86-11.84 |
| Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) | $12.13 | $10.21 | $7.48-16.89 |
| Orange County | $7.68 | $6.83 | $5.51-8.42 |
| Redding (Shasta) | $10.45 | $8.53 | $6.43-14.97 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino (Riverside & San Bernardino) |
$8.68 | $7.40 | $5.60-10.55 |
| Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer & Sacramento) |
$9.61 | $9.36 | $6.67-11.76 |
| Salinas (Monterey) | $9.80 | $9.94 | $7.25-11.80 |
| San Diego (San Diego) | $8.78 | $7.68 | $6.42-9.75 |
| San Francisco (Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo) |
$12.40 | $11.24 | $8.49-16.68 |
| San Jose (Santa Clara) | $9.62 | $8.29 | $6.81-10.71 |
| San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles (San Luis Obispo) |
$9.14 | $8.35 | $6.64-10.99 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc (Santa Barbara) |
$8.39 | $7.77 | $6.33-9.58 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville (Santa Cruz) | $7.12 | $6.64 | $5.43-8.30 |
| Santa Rosa (Sonoma) | $7.99 | $7.01 | $5.64-8.44 |
| Stockton-Lodi (San Joaquin) | $8.94 | $8.71 | $6.81-10.46 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa (Napa & Solano) | $9.97 | $9.45 | $7.60-11.20 |
| Ventura County | $9.26 | $7.74 | $6.08-10.73 |
| Visalia-Tulare-Porterville (Tulare) | $8.74 | $7.86 | $5.51-11.88 |
| Yolo County | $11.37 | $11.03 | $6.55-16.62 |
| Yuba City (Sutter & Yuba) | $7.73 | $7.67 | $5.76-9.27 |
| * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the
same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less. ** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less. |
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Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department
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