horticulture worker
Horticulture workers carry out practical activities and assist in nurseries or greenhouses for the production of horticultural crops.
horticulture worker horticulture workers carry out practical activities and assist in nurseries or greenhouses for the production of horticultural crops. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include maintain storage facilities, harvest crop, supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings, monitor fields, execute fertilisation.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £28,288 a year for Groundsmen and greenkeepers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £25,114 to £33,482 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5114). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only horticulture worker, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 6. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Chemistry
- Mechanical
- Public Safety and Security
- Administration and Management
- Biology
- Mathematics
What you'd actually do
- Gather and remove litter.
- Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
- Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
- Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
- Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
- Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does horticulture worker do?
Horticulture workers carry out practical activities and assist in nurseries or greenhouses for the production of horticultural crops.
What skills does horticulture worker need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include maintain storage facilities, harvest crop, supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings, monitor fields, execute fertilisation, nurse plants. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace horticulture worker?
Our AI-durability model gives horticulture worker a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.