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Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 4.7% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #681 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $39,150 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1.2 million in the US, with about 149,500 openings a year
The work, 14 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Operate agricultural or forestry equipment22%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform agricultural activities20%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut trees or other vegetation11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 51 conversations, and it got them there 88% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Arrange displays or decorations3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,323 conversations, and it got them there 65% of the time.
AI does this: Explain technical details of products or services2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 43 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
Still yours: Assemble products or work aids1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 105 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 149,500 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 63% of the workTree Trimmers and Pruners7% AI does, against 2% here+4.2% by 2035 · $50,960 · High school diploma
- Shares 42% of the workFarmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse7% AI does, against 2% here-2.4% by 2035 · $35,660 · No formal credential
- Shares 41% of the workPesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation0% AI does, against 2% here+3.9% by 2035 · $46,340 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.04, higher than 9% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 37-3011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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