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Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers is $49,030 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. It is $45,250 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 8.4% above Providence-Warwick, RI-MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 37-3011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 15,120 wage and salary jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and 5,530 in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings