Rhode Island / U R I / Groundskeeper
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in U R I. Median total compensation for the role is $48,667, above the department median of $17,530.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Rhode Island, the median wage for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers — about 4,040 people — is $44,730. U R I pays a median base salary of $47,288 for this role, 6% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers across every employer in Rhode Island, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows U R I’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers — about 952,640 people — is $39,150. U R I’s median base salary is 21% above that national figure, about the 76th 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 Rhode Island range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at U R I is $48,667, 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
Groundskeeper is held in 6 Rhode Island departments. In U R I, the median of $48,667 ranks #1 of 6.
Median total compensation for the Groundskeeper role in other Rhode Islanddepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In Rhode Island, the median of $13,922 ranks #9 of 12. See Groundskeeper across all of Rhode Island →
Median total compensation for comparable Groundskeeperroles 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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Groundskeeper/U R I
Source-specific fields
Michael Mcdonald is a Groundskeeper at U R I. 2024 total compensation came to $48,667.