Career Prospects of Horticulture

Horticulture is a diverse field with ample career options and job opportunities:

• Horticulturist
• Horticulture officer or horticulture supervisor
• Store managers
• Quality managers
• Unit supervisor
• Plant managers
• Estate managers
• Horticultural Technical officers

Payoff

The starting salary is about Rs 12,000 a month as superviser/ horticulturist. At the middle level, which is manager/senior manager, one can earn around Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 a month. At the top level of director, the pay package can be as high as Rs 1 lakh a month. The salary also depends on the kind of company and work profile the professional has chosen.

Important Facts

• You stay connected to nature
• Each project has its own novelty value
• There is wide scope to use your creativity in research as well as in practice
• You serve society when you beautify an area 
• The job scene is opening up, but since a hotel or a resort can manage with one or two horticulturists, only excellence ensures a good pay packet