Career Explorer Engineering and architecture
Grows with AI
Landscape architects
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.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 58% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is moderate (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +4.4% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $79,870
- Job growth to 2035
- +4.4%
- Openings a year
- 1,700
- People doing it (2025)
- 23,500
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree, then an internship or residency
Where people already use AI for this work
- Provide information or assistance to the public
- Promote products, services, or programs
- Create visual designs or displays
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Design structures or facilities
- Inspect facilities or equipment
- Analyze environmental or geospatial data
What the work looks like
- Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.
- Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.
- Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, evaluate quality of materials or work, or advise clients or construction personnel.
- Prepare site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for land development.
- Integrate existing land features or landscaping into designs.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
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Also known as: Golf Course Architect, Landscape Architect, Landscape Planner, Park Planner, AP BD+C (Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction), Land Planner, Landscape Designer, Planner.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.