How much do Landscape Architects make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Percentile spread

For Landscape Architects, the published 10th percentile is $58,220 and the 90th percentile is $136,450. The difference is $78,230, which is 84.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $63,800 to the 75th at $114,990, covers $51,190.

The mean annual wage is $92,760, which sits below the median of $92,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median is 16.4% higher than the national median of $79,870 for Landscape Architects. In 2024 national prices the local median is $88,978, which is 11.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% higher than the Maryland median of $92,880.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $92,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Landscape Architects at $88,978 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Landscape Architects. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ranks 3rd of 12 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• York-Hanover, PA is 44 miles away, with a median of $74,670. That median is 19.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,781, against $88,978 here.
• Lancaster, PA is 53 miles away, with a median of $76,590 and employment of 40. That median is 17.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,949, against $88,978 here.
• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 60 miles away, with a median of $89,350 and employment of 850. That median is 3.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,060, against $88,978 here.

Employment share

Landscape Architects accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (470 of 1,356,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (19,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.75 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.