How much do Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers make in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA?

Percentile spread

For Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers, the published 10th percentile is $37,280 and the 90th percentile is $60,330. The difference is $23,050, which is 48.5% 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 $45,390 to the 75th at $57,530, covers $12,140.

The mean annual wage is $49,240, which sits above the median of $47,510. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Amherst Town-Northampton, MA median is 21.4% higher than the national median of $39,150 for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,395, which is 21.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.4% lower than the Massachusetts median of $48,670.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 100.243, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,510 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers at $47,395 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA ranks 4th of 28 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).).

• Springfield, MA is 14 miles away, with a median of $45,420 and employment of 990. That median is 4.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,282, against $47,395 here.
• Pittsfield, MA is 28 miles away, with a median of $46,190 and employment of 630. That median is 2.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,567, against $47,395 here.
• Worcester, MA is 37 miles away, with a median of $47,980 and employment of 2,170. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,799, against $47,395 here.

Employment share

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers accounts for 0.75% of wage-and-salary employment in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA (490 of 65,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.61% of employment (952,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.22 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.