Landscape Design Engineers

Median Salary: $60,600

Many landscape design engineers across the United States share a few important professional attributes. For example, innovation, independence, and leadership can be critical for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 18,940 individuals were employed as landscape design engineers nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to hone these traits and receive formal training, particularly if you're intending to advance in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for landscape design engineers in the U.S. was $60,600 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $29.10. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about landscape design engineers, including wages and job density for metro areas all over the United States.

Landscape design engineers should be skilled in:

Oral Expression
Visualization
Fluency of Ideas
Inductive Reasoning
Mathematical Reasoning

Different individuals go into different careers; landscape design engineers are typically:

Investigative
Realistic
Enterprising

Working as a landscape design engineer requires knowledge in subjects like:

Design
Administration and Management
Engineering and Technology
Mathematics
Geography

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of individuals employed as landscape design engineers). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of landscape design engineers in each city as compared to the national average.

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	590	$64,800	$31.20	$88,700	$42.70	129%
Tucson	NA	$32,300	$15.50	$64,800	$31.10	NA

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	40	$54,000	$26.00	$61,100	$29.40	55.2%
Little Rock	30	$38,700	$18.60	$42,200	$20.30	-35.2%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fresno	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	-20%
Los Angeles (Area)	360	$74,100	$35.60	$85,900	$41.30	73.8%
Oakland	240	$82,600	$39.70	$97,300	$46.80	66.2%
Riverside	120	$81,600	$39.30	$94,300	$45.30	-30.3%
Sacramento	260	$81,500	$39.20	$97,200	$46.70	113.1%
San Diego	330	$83,400	$40.10	$105,600	$50.80	77.9%
San Francisco (Area)	680	$70,600	$33.90	$85,500	$41.10	138.6%
San Francisco (City)	440	$58,600	$28.20	$73,700	$35.40	211%
San Jose	210	$73,100	$35.20	$94,200	$45.30	63.4%
San Luis Obispo	80	$74,300	$35.70	$103,500	$49.80	419.3%
Santa Rosa	NA	$60,700	$29.20	$75,400	$36.20	NA

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	50	$56,800	$27.30	$68,800	$33.10	111%
Denver	440	$54,400	$26.10	$92,800	$44.60	148.3%
Fort Collins	NA	$64,400	$30.90	$85,300	$41.00	NA

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	50	$86,800	$41.70	$130,000	$62.50	-22.8%
Hartford	190	$78,700	$37.80	$97,800	$47.00	138.6%
New Haven	40	$60,200	$29.00	$69,000	$33.20	-2.1%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	630	$65,400	$31.50	$86,200	$41.50	26.9%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jacksonville	NA	$74,700	$35.90	$105,400	$50.70	NA
Miami (Area)	410	$62,400	$30.00	$75,200	$36.20	55.2%
Naples	NA	$26,400	$12.70	$33,800	$16.20	NA
Orlando	370	$62,200	$29.90	$88,100	$42.40	155.9%
Tampa	160	$67,300	$32.40	$85,200	$41.00	-0.7%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	700	$48,200	$23.20	$58,100	$28.00	109%
Savannah	30	$38,700	$18.60	$49,300	$23.70	40%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	80	$51,600	$24.80	$75,400	$36.20	33.1%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chicago (Area)	490	$61,800	$29.70	$73,600	$35.40	13.8%
Peoria	80	$45,000	$21.60	$63,200	$30.40	223.4%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fort Wayne	40	$64,000	$30.80	$82,200	$39.50	41.4%
Indianapolis	NA	$53,000	$25.50	$68,000	$32.70	NA

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Des Moines	50	$62,300	$30.00	$79,600	$38.30	9.7%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Wichita	50	$50,200	$24.10	$67,700	$32.50	10.3%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Louisville	110	$54,600	$26.20	$65,500	$31.50	29.7%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	110	$58,400	$28.10	$71,800	$34.50	109%
New Orleans	NA	$52,400	$25.20	$63,400	$30.50	NA

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	30	$67,200	$32.30	$82,200	$39.50	13.1%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	330	$64,200	$30.90	$86,100	$41.40	79.3%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	650	$75,900	$36.50	$94,900	$45.60	165.5%
Springfield	80	$58,500	$28.10	$67,800	$32.60	83.4%
Worcester	40	$85,100	$40.90	$109,800	$52.80	13.8%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	70	$61,700	$29.70	$67,800	$32.60	142.8%
Detroit (Area)	80	$59,100	$28.40	$70,300	$33.80	-46.2%
Grand Rapids	NA	$64,400	$31.00	$73,800	$35.50	NA
Kalamazoo	NA	$67,000	$32.20	$71,400	$34.30	NA
Lansing	80	$52,700	$25.40	$62,200	$29.90	187.6%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Minneapolis	300	$58,100	$27.90	$70,100	$33.70	21.4%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jackson	NA	$47,500	$22.80	$51,000	$24.50	NA

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kansas City	130	$45,200	$21.70	$64,600	$31.00	-6.9%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Omaha	70	$71,100	$34.20	$84,700	$40.70	5.5%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	50	$71,200	$34.20	$79,000	$38.00	-60%
Reno	NA	$76,000	$36.50	$81,300	$39.10	NA

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Trenton	40	$62,100	$29.90	$79,300	$38.10	15.9%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	110	$71,900	$34.60	$88,800	$42.70	75.2%
Buffalo	40	$59,300	$28.50	$75,800	$36.40	-47.6%
New York (Area)	790	$58,700	$28.20	$81,200	$39.00	-31%
Rochester	50	$74,600	$35.90	$87,000	$41.90	-33.1%
Syracuse	60	$60,200	$28.90	$71,000	$34.10	29.7%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	100	$77,700	$37.40	$87,900	$42.30	312.4%
Charlotte	90	$62,300	$29.90	$73,400	$35.30	-29.7%
Durham	NA	$68,300	$32.80	$82,100	$39.50	NA
Raleigh	NA	$51,700	$24.90	$66,700	$32.10	NA

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cincinnati	NA	$30,900	$14.80	$47,000	$22.60	NA
Cleveland	60	$58,600	$28.20	$64,200	$30.90	-60.7%
Columbus	110	$52,900	$25.40	$60,100	$28.90	-14.5%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Tulsa	NA	$41,100	$19.70	$47,000	$22.60	NA

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Eugene	70	$54,600	$26.30	$59,900	$28.80	224.8%
Portland	NA	$66,300	$31.90	$87,500	$42.10	NA

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	120	$60,400	$29.00	$80,400	$38.70	146.2%
Harrisburg	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	-29.7%
Lancaster	40	$64,100	$30.80	$79,300	$38.10	15.2%
Philadelphia (Area)	350	$52,600	$25.30	$74,300	$35.70	62.8%
Pittsburgh	80	$55,700	$26.80	$67,800	$32.60	-47.6%
York	90	$50,400	$24.20	$73,700	$35.50	239.3%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	30	$62,000	$29.80	$81,100	$39.00	-59.3%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	50	$50,700	$24.40	$64,900	$31.20	23.4%
Myrtle Beach	NA	$75,700	$36.40	$82,600	$39.70	NA
Spartanburg	NA	$30,800	$14.80	$38,500	$18.50	NA

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Sioux Falls	30	$60,300	$29.00	$76,500	$36.80	75.2%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Memphis	NA	$86,700	$41.70	$97,100	$46.70	NA
Nashville	40	$79,200	$38.10	$92,200	$44.30	-64.8%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Austin	190	$47,100	$22.60	$62,000	$29.80	70.3%
Dallas (Area)	380	$61,400	$29.50	$81,700	$39.30	-15.2%
Houston	150	$52,000	$25.00	$66,400	$31.90	-60%
San Antonio	NA	$68,900	$33.10	$77,200	$37.10	NA

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Salt Lake City	60	$60,500	$29.10	$71,400	$34.30	-29%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	NA	$45,600	$21.90	$57,500	$27.60	NA

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	NA	$52,600	$25.30	$67,600	$32.50	NA
Virginia Beach	110	$54,000	$25.90	$77,400	$37.20	0%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Olympia	NA	$57,000	$27.40	$81,300	$39.10	NA
Seattle (Area)	760	$70,700	$34.00	$88,000	$42.30	147.6%
Spokane	NA	$63,100	$30.30	$71,300	$34.30	NA

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Madison	120	$55,100	$26.50	$73,700	$35.50	157.2%
Milwaukee	80	$66,900	$32.20	$79,700	$38.30	-35.2%