Landscape Architects

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JOB SCORE
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

These are some key things to think about when job hunting.

Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

19% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Thinking creatively

Very important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Very important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Social perceptiveness

Quite important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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Coordinating others’ work

Quite important
Why this matters
Bringing people together, assigning tasks, and keeping a group aligned so work gets done.
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Coaching and developing others

Quite important
Why this matters
Helps people learn and improve through coaching, mentoring, and feedback. This relies on trust, motivation, and adapting guidance to each person—work that’s hard to replace end-to-end with automation.
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Developing objectives and strategies

Quite important
Why this matters
Sets long-term goals and chooses strategies and actions to reach them, weighing tradeoffs and adapting plans as conditions change.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Operations analysis

Quite important
Why this matters
Figure out what people need and what a product must do, then translate those requirements into a workable design.
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What users think

Based on 213 votes

37% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 19% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Landscape Architects will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Landscape Architects was $79,660 ($38 per hour).

The median annual wage for Landscape Architects was 60.9% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Landscape Architects' job openings is expected to rise 3.5% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 19,580 people employed as 'Landscape Architects' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 7 thousand people are employed as 'Landscape Architects'.

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What people are saying (6)

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Hester Basnayake (No chance)
05 Jun 2025 03:17
Landscape Architecture requires capability to creatively visualize and plan/re-plan the landscape of an area, from very small to very large areas, including Landscape Planning for an entire country.
Okpala Carl (Uncertain)
27 May 2021 16:25
Robots can get creative if given set of limitations to work with like size of land, amount of money available, type of building and so on. Given these requirements, a robot can produce an architectural edifice
Nathan (Highly likely)
27 Mar 2021 00:21
Robots will take my job for certain. The creative aspect is already being done with robots. The human interaction is absolutely not necessary.
John
20 May 2020 00:07
Because the architects need to be creative to design the landscapes and robots cant replace that.
Caoimhe (Low)
02 Oct 2019 13:28
i think there is little chance because its almost impossible to get a robot to do an architects job.
JURANDIR RODRIGUES DE SOUZA (Low)
04 May 2019 19:44
Because it still needs interaction between people.
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Job description

Plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.

O*NET-SOC code: 17-1012.00