Los Angeles County / Parks & Recreation Department / Landscape Architect
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Parks & Recreation Department. Median total compensation for the role is $179,202, above the department median of $25,749.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Landscape Architects — about 570 people — is $95,760. Parks & Recreation Department pays a median base salary of $115,779 for this role, 21% above that figure — about the 67th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Landscape Architects across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Parks & Recreation Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Landscape Architects — about 19,600 people — is $79,870. Parks & Recreation Department’s median base salary is 45% above that national figure, about the 82nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Parks & Recreation Department is $179,202, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Landscape Architect is held in 2 Los Angeles County departments. In Parks & Recreation Department, the median of $179,202 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Landscape Architect role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $181,344 ranks #2 of 5. See Landscape Architect across all of Los Angeles County →
Median total compensation for comparable Landscape Architect roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Landscape Architect/Parks & Recreation Department
Marcy Anderson is a Landscape Architect at Parks & Recreation Department. 2025 total compensation came to $179,202.