Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
United States. Estimated employment 265,500, with pages for 12 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 45-2092
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$35,660 · 50th
$32,90010th
$34,32025th
$35,66050th
$38,84075th
$45,69090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Napa, CA | $44,370 | 3,520 |
| San Jose, CA | $43,690 | 850 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $43,200 | 1,950 |
| San Francisco, CA | $43,140 | 1,220 |
| Vallejo, CA | $38,350 | 150 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $37,930 | 3,120 |
| Modesto, CA | $37,850 | 4,120 |
| Salinas, CA | $36,700 | 26,830 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $36,230 | 11,020 |
| Visalia, CA | $34,800 | 21,420 |
| Bakersfield, CA | $34,620 | 32,500 |
| Fresno, CA | $34,610 | 28,570 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 265,500 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 45-2092, Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Mapped to our taxonomy as farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse.
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