Profession

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activiti...

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Salary data

Official salary rows can differ by local occupation, year and gender.

🇺🇸 United States2025
45-2092SOC 2018 45-2092
GroupAll
Median35,660 USD
Average37,630 USD
Middle 50%34,320 USD - 38,840 USD
Decile range32,900 USD - 45,690 USD
Bottom decile32,900 USD
Top decile45,690 USD
🇺🇸 United States2025
60502018 Census Occupation / 2018 SOC 6050
GroupMen
Median40,352 USD
Average40,352 USD
Middle 50%N/A
GroupWomen
Median32,916 USD
Average32,916 USD
Middle 50%N/A
🇺🇸 Alabama2025
45-2092SOC 2018 45-2092
GroupAll
Median33,870 USD
Average33,900 USD
Middle 50%29,600 USD - 37,570 USD
Decile range27,520 USD - 41,090 USD
Bottom decile27,520 USD
Top decile41,090 USD
🇺🇸 Alaska2025
45-2092SOC 2018 45-2092
GroupAll
Median36,780 USD
Average44,500 USD
Middle 50%30,460 USD - 62,400 USD
Decile range29,660 USD - 62,400 USD
Bottom decile29,660 USD
Top decile62,400 USD
🇺🇸 Arizona2025
45-2092SOC 2018 45-2092
GroupAll
Median35,080 USD
Average34,820 USD
Middle 50%31,140 USD - 35,790 USD
Decile range30,770 USD - 37,400 USD
Bottom decile30,770 USD
Top decile37,400 USD
🇺🇸 Arkansas2025
45-2092SOC 2018 45-2092
GroupAll
Median32,970 USD
Average33,070 USD
Middle 50%30,140 USD - 36,260 USD
Decile range24,160 USD - 39,540 USD
Bottom decile24,160 USD
Top decile39,540 USD
🇺🇸 California2025
45-2092SOC 2018 45-2092
GroupAll
Median35,580 USD
Average37,860 USD
Middle 50%34,490 USD - 37,630 USD
Decile range34,320 USD - 44,870 USD
Bottom decile34,320 USD
Top decile44,870 USD
🇺🇸 Colorado2025
45-2092SOC 2018 45-2092
GroupAll
Median38,170 USD
Average40,890 USD
Middle 50%34,950 USD - 43,930 USD
Decile range33,210 USD - 53,360 USD
Bottom decile33,210 USD
Top decile53,360 USD
🇺🇸 Connecticut2025
45-2092SOC 2018 45-2092
GroupAll
Median36,950 USD
Average40,090 USD
Middle 50%34,010 USD - 44,710 USD
Decile range34,010 USD - 49,610 USD
Bottom decile34,010 USD
Top decile49,610 USD
🇺🇸 Delaware2025
45-2092SOC 2018 45-2092
GroupAll
Median33,090 USD
Average34,570 USD
Middle 50%31,200 USD - 34,830 USD
Decile range31,200 USD - 38,800 USD
Bottom decile31,200 USD
Top decile38,800 USD
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Sources

  • BLS CPS Table 39 2025 median weekly earnings by occupation and sex2025 - 2018 Census Occupation / 2018 SOC
  • BLS OEWS May 2025 National2025 - SOC 2018
  • BLS OEWS May 2025 State2025 - SOC 2018

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