Building & Grounds
Irrigation Technicians
SOC 37-3019
Install and maintain irrigation systems for commercial and residential landscapes.
The job
Median pay
$47k
$38k to $58k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.7% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school plus cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
17/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
38th pct
More exposed than 38% of occupations · modeled estimate
Future-proof
50/100
Key skills
- Irrigation systems
- Water management
- Plumbing basics
- Troubleshooting
- Customer service
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 | 3,710 | 0.2 | 2.3× | $49k |
| Texas | 1,062 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $45k~ |
| Colorado | 850 | 0.3 | 3.4× | $48k |
| Oregon | 660 | 0.3 | 3.8× | $49k |
| Tennessee | 640 | 0.2 | 2.2× | $40k |
| Illinois | 503 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $50k~ |
| Pennsylvania | 498 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $37k~ |
| Georgia | 460 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $40k |
| Ohio | 451 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $51k~ |
| North Carolina | 411 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $45k~ |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 388 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $44k~ |
| Florida | 330 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $49k |
| Massachusetts | 313 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $73k~ |
| Washington | 290 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $47k~ |
| Wisconsin | 262 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $47k~ |
| Missouri | 248 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $56k~ |
| New York | 220 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $60k |
| Montana | 210 | 0.4 | 4.7× | $50k |
| Maryland | 190 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $52k |
| Louisiana | 168 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $34k~ |
| Utah | 162 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $46k~ |
| Nevada | 140 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $43k |
| Alaska | 130 | 0.4 | 4.6× | $53k |
| South Carolina | 120 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $45k |
| Vermont | 120 | 0.4 | 4.5× | $43k |
| Virginia | 120 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $55k |
| Kansas | 116 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $45k~ |
| Arkansas | 113 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $38k~ |
| Hawaii | 99 | 0.2 | 1.8× | $58k~ |
| Maine | 90 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $45k |
| Wyoming | 90 | 0.3 | 3.7× | $39k |
| Nebraska | 89 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $46k~ |
| New Mexico | 83 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $44k~ |
| Mississippi | 80 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $31k |
| West Virginia | 80 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $38k |
| Kentucky | 70 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $47k |
| Minnesota | 60 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $73k |
| South Dakota | 51 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $44k~ |
| Connecticut | 50 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $53k |
| Delaware | 50 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $45k~ |
| Rhode Island | 48 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $54k~ |
| Alabama | 40 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $52k |
| Idaho | 40 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $36k |
| Indiana | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $79k |
| Iowa | 40 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $57k |
| New Jersey | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $72k |
| North Dakota | 39 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $47k~ |
| Arizona | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $73k |
| Washington DC | 30 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $44k |
| New Hampshire | 30 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $53k |
| Oklahoma | 30 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $73k |
Top metro areas
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,030 jobs · $50k median
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA390 jobs · $49k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA390 jobs · $49k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA370 jobs · $49k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA350 jobs · $47k median
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA310 jobs · $49k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA270 jobs · $40k median
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA200 jobs · $57k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Irrigation Technicians interactively →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.