What a Landscaper payslip looks like
A typical UK landscaper payslip is paid monthly and shows a basic pay line at the top. A landscaper builds and shapes outdoor spaces, including patios, paving, planting and hard landscaping. The line items below depend on grade, shift pattern and contractual additions, but the structure usually mirrors HMRC's recommended payslip layout: a payments block, a deductions block, a year-to-date column, and a net pay summary.
Common employers in this occupation include landscaping contractors, garden-design firms, councils. Each employer runs payroll slightly differently, but the underlying PAYE computation against tax code 1257L and Class 1 National Insurance is identical across the UK (excluding Scotland for income tax). The biggest variability between two landscaper payslips at the same gross will be in the additions block: Employed landscapers are PAYE; many are self-employed or run a limited company. Construction work can fall under CIS, where a contractor deducts 20% (or 30% unverified) from labour on account of tax - reclaimed via Self Assessment, often producing a refund.
Year-to-date columns are critical to verify on this role because the additions and salary sacrifice items change month to month. If your YTD gross divided by months elapsed in the tax year does not match your expected annual run-rate, that is the single best signal that something is mis-coded.
Applies to some of this work
Agricultural wages orders and the accommodation offset and landscaper pay
Grounds maintenance is not agriculture for wages order purposes. Both the Welsh order and section 17 of the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949 define agriculture as a list: dairy farming, consumable produce grown for a trade or business, land used as grazing, meadow or pasture, orchard, osier land or woodland, and market gardens or nursery grounds. Mowing a business park, maintaining a public open space and building a domestic garden appear nowhere in it, so a commercial landscaper in Cardiff is on the £12.71 National Living Wage and not on a Welsh grade. What does still reach you is the accommodation offset, on any job where the employer houses you.
- National Minimum Wage accommodation offset
- £11.10 a day, £77.70 a week
- When the offset counts for a day
- Only a whole day
Educational only. Whether this reaches your own pay turns on your contract and how you are engaged, and tribunal and claim time limits are short. Check the limit that applies to you before relying on a date.
Agricultural wages orders and the accommodation offset: the rates, the payslip lines, what goes wrong and the 32 primary sources. National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 and the devolved agricultural wages orders, in force 1 April 2026 for the rates and offset.
Landscaper salary bands (UK 2024)
ONS ASHE 2024 full-time gross pay. Net figures use 2026/27 PAYE bands and assume 5% of qualifying earnings (£6,240–£50,270) under a net-pay arrangement — before income tax, but not before National Insurance.
| Band | Gross / year | Net / year | Net / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th percentile | £24,000 | £20,089 | £1,674 |
| Median | £27,500 | £22,469 | £1,872 |
| 75th percentile | £33,000 | £26,209 | £2,184 |
Common deductions for a Landscaper
- PAYE income tax.Calculated against tax code 1257L. Cumulative coding means refunds can appear if you start mid-year.
- National Insurance (Class 1).8% between £12,570 and £50,270 of annual earnings, then 2% above. Period-by-period method is standard.
- Pension.Auto-enrolment minimum 5% employee on qualifying earnings (£6,240 - £50,270), unless your employer runs a more generous scheme such as the NHS, Teachers Pension or Civil Service alpha.
- Salary sacrifice patterns.Common in this occupation: cycle-to-work, electric-car salary sacrifice, additional pension contributions, and where applicable workplace nursery vouchers (still tax-efficient via pre-existing schemes).
- Union or professional body.Tax-deductible for HMRC-listed bodies. Landscapers commonly hold subscriptions covered by section 344 ITEPA 2003 (List 3).
Landscaper payslip FAQ
What is the average Landscaper salary in the UK in 2024?
According to ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2024 for SOC code 5113, the median full-time gross annual salary for a Landscaper in the UK is approximately £27,500. The 25th percentile sits at £24,000 and the 75th at £33,000.
What is take-home pay on a median Landscaper salary?
On £27,500 gross with the standard 1257L tax code and 5% of qualifying earnings into a net-pay pension, monthly take-home is approximately £1,872 after PAYE income tax, Class 1 employee National Insurance and auto-enrolment pension. Actual figures vary if you have student loan, salary sacrifice or a non-cumulative tax code.
What is unusual about a Landscaper payslip?
Employed landscapers are PAYE; many are self-employed or run a limited company. Construction work can fall under CIS, where a contractor deducts 20% (or 30% unverified) from labour on account of tax - reclaimed via Self Assessment, often producing a refund.
Which tax code should a Landscaper typically be on?
Most people in this role on standard PAYE will see 1257L. Check the prefix and suffix carefully: a K-prefix means deductions exceed your allowance (often after a bonus or P11D benefit), 0T means you have no allowance left at this employer, and BR means basic rate on the whole job (common in second jobs).
Salary estimates: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2024, full-time gross annual pay by SOC 2020 occupation. Figures rounded to nearest £100.