Professional Profile

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

Number of Licensed Professionals in Florida:
1,130

Salary Range:
$44,810 –$104,420*

Requirements to be licensed:

• Degree in landscape architecture from an accredited program, or six years of practical experience satisfactory to the board
• Successful completion of the examination.
• One year of practical experience is also required before licensure (experience used to qualify for examination may not be used to satisfy this practical experience requirement).

Interesting Facts: Licensed landscape architects provide a necessary service where Florida’s natural resources are concerned.  The landscape architect provides competent landscape planning and design of public and private environments.  The practice of landscape architecture plays a part in Florida’s natural resources through proper land and water management practices.  The landscape architect formulates graphic and written criteria to govern the planning and design of land construction, subdivision and development plans and makes aesthetically pleasing environmental contributions to the citizens of Florida.

*U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida, May 2006