The Job Market
Entry level pay for labor positions range from $7.50-$9.00 per hour. Experienced workers typically earn $9.00-$22.00 per hour. Management and supervisory positions have the greatest earnings at $3,500 to $5,500 per month. Owners/ operators of many landscape maintenance businesses earn between $4,500-$8,500 per month. Many residential landscape installation contractors earn between $150,000-$500,000 per year, gross income
Students might work in residential and commercial landscape installation and maintenance; urban tree service; forestry; park, grounds, and golf course maintenance; retail and wholesale nursery operations and management; floristry; plant pest control and horticulture consulting; and residential landscape design.
Here are some resources to help you learn more about the field of horticulture.
- Alden Lane Nursery
www.aldenlane.com - Jobs in Horticulture
www.hortjobs.com - Floriculture.com
www.floriculture.com - Dept. of Horticulture, Cornell University
www.hort.cornell.edu - Horticulture & Home Pest News
www.ent.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/ - Horticulture Research International
http://www2.hri.ac.uk - Dept. of Horticulture, Penn State
http://hortweb.cas.psu.edu - Dept. of Horticulture, Purdue University
www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/hort.html - American Horticulture Society
www.ahs.org - The American Society for Horticulture Science
www.ashs.org - The USDA Agricultural Research Service
www.ars.usda.gov - The Botanical Assn.of America
www.botany.org - Floriculture Worldwide Network
www.growertalks.com - Society of Floristry
www.societyoffloristry.org - Floristry Resources
www.flowerhandlers.com - ForFarmers: A careers site for those involved in the field of agriculture. Agricultural positions from around the world.
http://www.forfarmers.com/