Price of a Landscaping Designer

Landscape designers traditionally train as apprentices under experienced, licensed landscape professionals. The cost of their expertise is directly related to the amount of experience a landscape designer has under his belt. Here is more information regarding the prices related to landscape designers.

What is a landscape designer’s salary?

Landscape design is a profession that can only be gained by experience, the training available to landscape designers is that of apprenticeships under professionals in the field. At the beginning of a landscape designer’s career he could make around $45,000 annually. More experience landscape designers can make more than $70,000 a year.

How much will a landscape designer charge?

When you are planning a landscaping project you will have to devise a budget with your designer, it should include the cost of materials and man hours. Usually your designer will charge $50 and $100 per hour, depending on what you have agreed to in your contract. Hourly pay should be commensurate with experience. Sometimes you will pay a designer an agreed upon lump sum rather than hourly pay, which is generally a percentage of the total cost of the project. The average is about 7 percent, but can be anywhere between 5 and 10 percent.