Learn about the types of people who become landscape architects. This page goes into detail about the employment, gender, and ethnic ratios of the workplace.
Employment Type Mix, 2023
79% of landscape architects work in full-time roles while 21% work part-time.
Gender Mix By Career Interest, 2023
This graph shows the distribution of females and males that are interested in becoming a landscape architect. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.
More men than women are interested in becoming landscape architects at a ratio of 1.42 to 1.
Actual Gender Mix, 2023
58% of landscape architects are female and 42% are male.
Gender Bias, 2023
This is one of the most compelling statistics we collect. Gender bias shows the difference between gender interest in being a landscape architect and the actual gender mix of people in the career.
If there is a significant difference, then it means there is a gender imbalance between those interested in becoming a landscape architect and those who end up becoming one.
In this case there are more men interested in becoming a landscape architect than those actually working as one. It is hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why, but there are likely various forces at play, from changing interests over time to societal norms and biases.
Ethnic Mix, 2019
The largest ethnic group of landscape architects are White, making up 67% of the population. The next highest segments are East Asian and Other, making up 10% and 9% respectively.