First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.
130,760 people do this job in the US. $58,430 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 32%
- 7%
- 61%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 23%. Today's estimate: 28%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 28 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 1.7 h38 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Install or maintain landscaped areas, performing tasks such as removing snow, pouring cement curbs, or repairing sidewalks.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 2.5 h50 min to 3.3 h | 70%Half by now | |
| Direct or assist workers engaged in the maintenance or repair of equipment, such as power tools or motorized equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Design or supervise the installation of sprinkler systems, calculating water pressure, or valve and pipe coverage needs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Confer with managers or landscape architects to develop plans or schedules for landscaping maintenance or improvement.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | 96%Half by now | |
| Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Review contracts or work assignments to determine service, machine, or workforce requirements for jobs.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.1 h25 min to 2.5 h | 91%Half by now | |
| Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min13 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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Where this job works
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