Tree Trimmers and Pruners salary

SOC 37-3013 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$50,960

per year, nationally

Middle half

$44,840–$63,900

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

55,160

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.3%

7,400 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$37,940$80,310

10th: $37,940
25th: $44,840
Median: $50,960
75th: $63,900
90th: $80,310

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where tree trimmers and pruners earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Minnesota	$77,460	98.6	—	—
2	Oregon	$75,440	103.4	1,610	2.30×
3	New Jersey	$71,940	108.8	—	—
4	Illinois	$64,450	100.0	700	0.32×
5	Washington	$63,850	107.0	700	0.55×
6	California	$62,550	110.7	9,610	1.49×
7	Massachusetts	$62,550	105.8	2,090	1.62×
8	New York	$62,400	107.9	3,750	1.09×
9	Vermont	$62,170	98.0	430	3.99×
10	Missouri	$61,140	90.8	970	0.93×
11	Rhode Island	$61,040	102.3	110	0.64×
12	New Hampshire	$59,660	104.2	330	1.35×
13	Montana	$59,580	94.6	230	1.27×
14	Pennsylvania	$58,200	97.6	3,160	1.47×
15	Wisconsin	$57,930	94.1	1,190	1.14×
16	Michigan	$57,550	96.2	1,840	1.18×
17	Hawaii	$56,990	110.0	170	0.77×
18	Utah	$56,890	98.9	200	0.33×
19	Colorado	$51,390	103.1	1,200	1.18×
20	Nevada	$51,210	100.0	190	0.35×
21	Arizona	$50,680	100.7	—	—
22	South Dakota	$50,430	88.6	270	1.63×
23	Ohio	$49,650	92.8	1,460	0.74×
24	Delaware	$49,330	99.8	—	—
25	West Virginia	$49,140	89.5	1,420	5.70×
26	Connecticut	$48,930	103.6	360	0.60×
27	Virginia	$48,550	101.1	1,070	0.74×
28	North Carolina	$48,480	94.3	1,560	0.89×
29	Kansas	$48,400	90.1	390	0.77×
30	Tennessee	$47,350	91.9	710	0.61×
31	Louisiana	$47,350	88.2	120	0.18×
32	New Mexico	$47,330	92.2	—	—
33	Maryland	$47,210	105.0	730	0.75×
34	Oklahoma	$46,950	87.8	860	1.42×
35	Georgia	$46,910	96.3	1,030	0.59×
36	Maine	$46,430	97.0	—	—
37	Wyoming	$46,210	92.7	—	—
38	Florida	$46,070	103.4	2,770	0.79×
39	Indiana	$46,050	93.3	1,850	1.63×
40	Arkansas	$45,650	86.9	290	0.64×
41	North Dakota	$44,820	89.0	—	—
42	Kentucky	$44,410	90.2	1,020	1.44×
43	Idaho	$43,840	95.5	—	—
44	South Carolina	$43,660	93.7	430	0.53×
45	Iowa	$42,890	87.8	380	0.69×
46	Mississippi	$41,560	87.0	260	0.63×
47	Alabama	$41,500	88.8	890	1.19×
48	Texas	$39,880	97.1	4,460	0.89×
49	Nebraska	$39,380	90.1	—	—

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where tree trimmers and pruners wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for tree trimmers and pruners

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$77,460	104.8	—	—
2	New Haven, CT	$76,450	104.6	40	0.43×
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$75,980	115.6	990	1.18×
4	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$75,570	105.4	1,160	2.70×
5	Syracuse, NY	$75,140	95.7	130	1.18×
6	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$74,580	95.8	—	—
7	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$73,570	107.8	190	2.57×
8	Salem, OR	$71,190	103.6	100	1.44×
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$70,550	106.9	—	—
10	Bend, OR	$70,250	103.6	40	1.05×
11	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$68,290	101.6	50	0.98×
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$68,110	111.1	310	0.42×
13	Kingston, NY	$66,160	100.7	100	4.98×
14	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$65,130	112.6	—	—
15	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$64,260	103.6	630	0.40×
16	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$63,630	110.4	650	1.62×
17	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$63,530	108.6	70	1.58×
18	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$63,500	106.4	800	1.31×
19	Rockford, IL	$63,480	92.2	40	0.79×
20	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$63,410	111.9	710	1.30×
21	St. Louis, MO-IL	$62,950	95.1	520	1.10×
22	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$62,940	102.6	1,580	1.54×
23	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$62,780	108.3	1,060	1.11×
24	Reno, NV	$62,710	101.0	—	—
25	Green Bay, WI	$62,590	93.1	30	0.52×
26	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$62,520	100.9	140	3.23×
27	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$61,990	110.5	200	1.77×
28	Barnstable Town, MA	$61,360	98.4	240	7.17×
29	Modesto, CA	$61,270	104.1	140	2.03×
30	Springfield, MO	$61,140	88.6	—	—
31	Greeley, CO	$61,050	100.2	160	3.66×
32	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$61,040	101.8	280	1.11×
33	Springfield, MA	$60,980	96.1	170	2.35×
34	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$60,860	97.6	—	—
35	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$60,610	90.6	150	2.42×
36	Ann Arbor, MI	$60,520	100.9	60	0.82×
37	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$60,440	113.6	3,150	1.42×
38	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$60,260	106.7	1,270	3.31×
39	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$60,100	96.9	520	1.77×
40	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$60,080	100.9	120	0.99×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where tree trimmers and pruners wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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