Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services programs in Hawaii

2 schools in Hawaii teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Hawaii

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $45,920 a year across 7,040 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads to	Median	Jobs in Hawaii
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$55,850	6,580
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$60,050	230
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	$68,750	80
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$51,240	60
Forest and Conservation Workers	$56,330	60

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

School	Credential	Median debt	Graduate earnings, 2 yrs	Graduates
Hawaii Community College Hilo	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	14
Hawaii Community College Hilo	Associate's degree	—	not published	4

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

Email me when these figures change

The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services — nothing else, and nothing in between.

Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.