Building & Grounds37-1012.00Specialization

First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.

$55,740
Median Pay
1-3 years
Training
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In Transition

This is a specialization of

Building Cleaning Supervisors

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AI Resilience Score

Score 2/6: limited human advantage indicates this career is being transformed by AI

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How we calculated this:

AI Exposure
Medium+1

35% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Stable+1

+2% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Weak+0

EPOCH score: 11/25

Total Score2/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09

Key Responsibilities

  • Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
  • Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
  • Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
  • Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
  • Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
  • Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
  • Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
  • Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.
  • Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.
  • Prepare service estimates based on labor, material, and machine costs and maintain budgets for individual projects.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

Bachelor's degree

Time to Job Ready

1-3 years

Based on Job Zone 3. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

Technology Skills

Scheduling softwareMicrosoft OfficeEstimating toolsGPS/routingInventory management

Key Abilities

Oral ComprehensionOral ExpressionProblem SensitivityNear VisionWritten ComprehensionVisualizationSpeech RecognitionSpeech ClarityWritten ExpressionDeductive Reasoning

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Compensation Details

$39,030
10th Percentile
$55,740
Median
$82,880
90th Percentile

Based on 126,020 employed workers

Also Known As

Arborist Crew LeaderBuildings and Grounds SupervisorCemetery Workers SupervisorField ManagerGardening ManagerGardening SupervisorGolf Course ManagerGolf Course SuperintendentGreens SuperintendentGreenskeeper Supervisor

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 37-1012.00