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title: "Jobs With Plants"
description: "Careers growing, studying and caring for plants: botanists, horticulturists, arborists, plant breeders, greenhouse and nursery managers. Careers centred…"
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Jobs With Plants

Careers growing, studying and caring for plants: botanists, horticulturists, arborists, plant breeders, greenhouse and nursery managers. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages.

28 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Plant Breeder](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plant-breeder) | $78,850 | +6.7% | Doctorate |
| 2 | [Plant Pathologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plant-pathologist) | $78,850 | +6.7% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Soil and Plant Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/soil-and-plant-scientist) | $78,850 | +6.7% | Bachelor's |
| 4 | [Urban Forester](https://nuecareer.com/careers/urban-forester) | $76,400 | +2.2% | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [Cannabis Cultivation Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cannabis-cultivation-director) | $59,320 | +3.8% | High school |
| 6 | [Herbarium Collections Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/herbarium-collections-manager) | $51,440 | +3.6% | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [Consulting Arborist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/consulting-arborist) | $50,960 | +4.2% | High school |
| 8 | [Pesticide Handler, Sprayer, and Applicator, Vegetation](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pesticide-handler-sprayer-and-applicator-vegetation) | $46,340 | +3.9% | High school |
| 9 | [Floral Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/floral-designer) | $37,360 | -5.6% | High school |
| 10 | [Budtender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/budtender) | $35,410 | -0.3% | No formal credential |
| 11 | [Wetland Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wetland-scientist) | $82,220 | +6.1% | Bachelor's |
| 12 | [Cannabis Compliance Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cannabis-compliance-manager) | $80,730 | +3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 13 | [Landscape Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/landscape-architect) | $79,870 | +4.4% | Bachelor's |
| 14 | [Viticulturist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/viticulturist) | $78,850 | +6.7% | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [Forester](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forester) | $76,400 | +2.2% | Bachelor's |
| 16 | [Fire Ecologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fire-ecologist) | $73,010 | +5.3% | Bachelor's |
| 17 | [First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-landscaping-lawn-service-and-groundskeeping-workers) | $58,430 | +4.0% | High school |
| 18 | [Sports Turf Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sports-turf-manager) | $58,430 | +4.0% | High school |
| 19 | [Forest and Conservation Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forest-and-conservation-technician) | $54,560 | -2.1% | Associate's |
| 20 | [Cannabis Extraction Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cannabis-extraction-technician) | $51,610 | -5.7% | High school |
| 21 | [Tree Trimmer and Pruner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tree-trimmer-and-pruner) | $50,960 | +4.2% | High school |
| 22 | [Utility Line Clearance Arborist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/utility-line-clearance-arborist) | $50,960 | +4.2% | High school |
| 23 | [Seed Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/seed-analyst) | $49,630 | +5.4% | Associate's |
| 24 | [Vertical Farm Grower](https://nuecareer.com/careers/vertical-farm-grower) | $49,630 | +5.4% | Associate's |
| 25 | [Forest and Conservation Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forest-and-conservation-worker) | $43,680 | -1.5% | High school |
| 26 | [Landscaping and Groundskeeping Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/landscaping-and-groundskeeping-worker) | $39,150 | +4.7% | No formal credential |
| 27 | [Natural Organic Reduction Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/natural-organic-reduction-technician) | $35,680 | +2.6% | High school |
| 28 | [Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farmworker-and-laborer-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse) | $35,660 | -2.4% | No formal credential |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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