Building & Grounds

First-Line Grounds Supervisors

SOC 37-1012

Lead a grounds crew and plan the work across properties.

The job

Median pay

$58k

$47k to $73k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+4.0% projected

Openings a year

24k

BLS projection

Typical education

High school

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

9/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

20th pct

More exposed than 20% of occupations · modeled estimate · 39th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

52/100

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Key skills

Monitoring
Active Listening
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	14,850	0.8	1.0×	$63k
Florida	12,020	1.2	1.4×	$51k
Texas	11,260	0.8	0.9×	$48k
New York	6,320	0.7	0.8×	$71k
Pennsylvania	5,610	0.9	1.1×	$55k
Georgia	4,770	1.0	1.2×	$55k
Colorado	4,390	1.5	1.8×	$61k
North Carolina	4,300	0.9	1.0×	$57k
Ohio	4,120	0.7	0.9×	$56k
Michigan	4,000	0.9	1.1×	$59k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Maryland	3,900	1.4	1.7×	$55k
Illinois	3,460	0.6	0.7×	$53k
Virginia	3,380	0.8	1.0×	$58k
New Jersey	2,830	0.7	0.8×	$69k
Wisconsin	2,690	0.9	1.1×	$63k
Arizona	2,530	0.8	0.9×	$56k
Massachusetts	2,510	0.7	0.8×	$64k
Minnesota	2,367	0.8	0.9×	$62k~
South Carolina	2,250	1.0	1.2×	$60k
Indiana	2,230	0.7	0.8×	$62k
Utah	2,080	1.2	1.4×	$57k
Washington	2,030	0.6	0.7×	$72k
Tennessee	2,020	0.6	0.7×	$54k
Connecticut	1,860	1.1	1.3×	$63k
Missouri	1,760	0.6	0.7×	$49k
Alabama	1,720	0.8	1.0×	$53k
Louisiana	1,610	0.8	1.0×	$48k~
Nevada	1,530	1.0	1.2×	$57k
Kentucky	1,360	0.7	0.8×	$58k
Oklahoma	1,180	0.7	0.8×	$50k
Oregon	1,180	0.6	0.7×	$71k
Arkansas	1,140	0.9	1.0×	$50k
Iowa	1,140	0.7	0.9×	$58k
Idaho	1,120	1.3	1.6×	$58k
Kansas	1,110	0.8	0.9×	$61k
Nebraska	1,010	1.0	1.2×	$58k
Hawaii	946	1.5	1.8×	$63k~
New Hampshire	940	1.4	1.6×	$64k
Mississippi	820	0.7	0.8×	$47k
Maine	790	1.2	1.5×	$62k
Rhode Island	730	1.5	1.7×	$60k
Montana	650	1.3	1.5×	$59k
New Mexico	530	0.6	0.7×	$59k
West Virginia	390	0.6	0.7×	$56k
South Dakota	340	0.7	0.9×	$61k
North Dakota	280	0.7	0.8×	$62k
Delaware	250	0.5	0.6×	$74k
Wyoming	220	0.8	0.9×	$56k
Vermont	160	0.5	0.6×	$67k
Alaska	150	0.5	0.6×	$68k
Washington DC	80	0.1	0.1×	$68k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ6,100 jobs · $75k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,220 jobs · $61k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,560 jobs · $48k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,960 jobs · $51k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA2,800 jobs · $59k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,690 jobs · $60k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,530 jobs · $52k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD2,300 jobs · $62k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.