Compared with the local labor market
Landscape Architect pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Landscape Architects — about 320 people — is $61,010. Parks & Recreation pays a median base salary of $86,677 for this role, 42% above that figure — about the 66th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Parks & Recreation sits in the local pay range
$40,500
$40,510
$61,010
$101,390
$127,450
Parks & Recreation median · $86,677
The bar is the range of annual wages for Landscape Architects across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Parks & Recreation’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’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 57th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$54,770
$64,170
$79,870
$104,090
$130,190
Parks & Recreation median · $86,677
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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Parks & Recreation is $86,677, 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.