Occupational employment / Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1,200 $15.00 $31,200
Bakersfield, CA 28,370 $8.79 $18,290
Fresno, CA 25,890 $9.06 $18,830
Salinas, CA 24,590 $9.72 $20,220
Visalia-Porterville, CA 22,150 $9.44 $19,640
Yuma, AZ 8,440 $9.21 $19,150
El Centro, CA 8,430 $9.13 $19,000
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 7,320 $9.89 $20,570
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 7,000 $10.01 $20,810
Stockton, CA 6,960 $9.41 $19,570
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 6,960 $9.68 $20,130
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 5,880 Not available Not available
Madera, CA 5,690 $8.95 $18,610
Modesto, CA 5,120 $9.74 $20,250
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4,880 $11.82 $24,590
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 4,610 $11.39 $23,690
Merced, CA 4,030 $9.85 $20,480
Salem, OR 3,800 $11.54 $24,000
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3,380 $14.82 $30,830
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,350 $9.80 $20,380
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 3,280 $14.04 $29,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3,270 $12.70 $26,410
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 3,240 $9.55 $19,870
Lakeland, FL 3,220 $10.19 $21,190
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 3,150 $13.64 $28,370
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 3,060 $9.27 $19,270
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 2,920 $12.63 $26,280
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 2,900 $13.46 $28,000
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,850 $14.56 $30,290
Napa, CA 2,840 $12.98 $27,010
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,780 $10.21 $21,230
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,700 $11.48 $23,870
Yakima, WA 2,560 $11.75 $24,440
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 2,510 $10.02 $20,840
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 2,290 $14.51 $30,190
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 2,280 $11.72 $24,380
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 2,230 $10.07 $20,950
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 2,130 $10.73 $22,310
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 2,100 $8.30 $17,260
Lexington-Fayette, KY 2,010 $11.79 $24,520
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,960 $10.61 $22,080
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1,870 $12.24 $25,460
Boise City-Nampa, ID 1,830 $12.55 $26,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,740 $14.35 $29,850
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 1,730 $13.65 $28,390
Wenatchee, WA 1,640 $11.92 $24,790
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,600 $12.09 $25,150
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,510 $12.90 $26,840
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 1,430 $11.80 $24,540
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1,330 $11.51 $23,950
Naples-Marco Island, FL 1,320 $9.43 $19,620
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 1,310 $10.67 $22,190
Yuba City, CA 1,160 $9.47 $19,690
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 1,110 $16.98 $35,310
San Antonio, TX 1,110 $8.71 $18,120
Las Cruces, NM 1,100 $7.92 $16,480
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,060 $10.60 $22,040
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,050 $11.50 $23,930
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 1,040 $9.92 $20,630
Columbus, OH 1,030 $14.83 $30,850
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 1,000 $12.35 $25,680
Chico, CA 980 $14.76 $30,690
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 940 $11.74 $24,410
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 940 $15.50 $32,250
St. Louis, MO-IL 930 $14.42 $30,000
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 920 $13.35 $27,780
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 870 $11.09 $23,060
Denver-Aurora, CO 870 $12.52 $26,040
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 870 $15.48 $32,200
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 860 $11.03 $22,950
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 850 $12.62 $26,240
Eugene-Springfield, OR 840 $17.82 $37,060
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 790 $12.98 $26,990
Ocala, FL 780 $11.38 $23,670
Richmond, VA 780 $17.88 $37,180
Lancaster, PA 760 $11.65 $24,220
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 760 $12.28 $25,530
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 750 $13.26 $27,580
Oklahoma City, OK 750 $14.42 $30,000
Madison, WI 750 $14.50 $30,150
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 740 $11.89 $24,720
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 740 $13.72 $28,540
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 730 $12.77 $26,570
Greenville, SC 700 $9.48 $19,720
Kansas City, MO-KS 690 $11.81 $24,570
Valdosta, GA 690 $9.79 $20,360
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 670 $11.53 $23,990
Pittsburgh, PA 670 $13.40 $27,870
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 660 $12.13 $25,230
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 650 $12.13 $25,220
Longview, WA 630 $19.86 $41,310
Redding, CA 620 $16.94 $35,240
Columbia, SC 620 $13.46 $28,010
Raleigh-Cary, NC 600 $12.89 $26,810
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 600 $11.03 $22,950
Jackson, MS 580 $12.69 $26,390
Lubbock, TX 570 $10.52 $21,880
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 550 $12.72 $26,450
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 540 $13.59 $28,270
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 530 $16.24 $33,790
Rochester, NY 530 $11.65 $24,220
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 530 $12.36 $25,710
Fort Smith, AR-OK 510 $10.49 $21,810
Idaho Falls, ID 500 $10.87 $22,610
Jacksonville, FL 490 $12.94 $26,910
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 480 $13.88 $28,860
Fargo, ND-MN 470 $11.54 $24,010
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 470 $13.72 $28,550
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 470 $13.93 $28,970
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 470 $14.01 $29,150
Asheville, NC 450 $9.36 $19,480
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 430 $11.94 $24,840
Salt Lake City, UT 420 $12.38 $25,750
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 410 $15.39 $32,020
Amarillo, TX 400 $13.06 $27,160
Dothan, AL 390 $12.45 $25,900
Tallahassee, FL 390 $13.03 $27,100
Atlantic City, NJ 390 $9.20 $19,140
Tucson, AZ 370 $10.73 $22,320
Tuscaloosa, AL 370 $13.08 $27,200
Harrisonburg, VA 370 $13.05 $27,130
Olympia, WA 370 $19.14 $39,800
Champaign-Urbana, IL 370 $20.10 $41,820
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 360 $12.95 $26,930
Missoula, MT 360 $18.10 $37,650
Honolulu, HI 360 $16.61 $34,550
Rocky Mount, NC 360 $9.57 $19,900
Bellingham, WA 350 $14.77 $30,730
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 350 $10.89 $22,640
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 340 $13.16 $27,370
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 340 $14.42 $30,000
Austin-Round Rock, TX 340 $9.96 $20,720
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 340 $11.32 $23,540
Montgomery, AL 340 $13.41 $27,890
Florence, SC 340 $13.16 $27,370
Syracuse, NY 330 $13.14 $27,330
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 330 $13.74 $28,590
Pine Bluff, AR 330 $13.77 $28,630
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 330 $8.96 $18,640
Corpus Christi, TX 320 $11.73 $24,400
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 320 $11.72 $24,380
Greeley, CO 320 $13.53 $28,140
Alexandria, LA 310 $13.68 $28,450
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 310 $12.59 $26,190
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 300 $14.51 $30,180
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 300 $10.51 $21,870
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 300 Not available Not available
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 290 $14.60 $30,370
Corvallis, OR 290 $17.43 $36,260
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 280 $10.57 $21,980
Springfield, MO 280 $9.78 $20,340
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 280 $16.06 $33,400
Baton Rouge, LA 280 $15.02 $31,240
Albuquerque, NM 270 $10.07 $20,950
Coeur d'Alene, ID 270 $18.63 $38,750
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 270 $12.56 $26,120
Greensboro-High Point, NC 260 $13.23 $27,520
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 260 $18.20 $37,860
Jonesboro, AR 260 $12.63 $26,280
Charlottesville, VA 260 $14.06 $29,240
Salisbury, MD 260 $11.39 $23,690
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 250 $10.72 $22,300
Cedar Rapids, IA 250 $13.03 $27,110
New Haven, CT 250 $13.71 $28,520
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 250 $13.91 $28,930
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 240 $11.86 $24,670
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 240 $13.17 $27,390
Goldsboro, NC 240 $14.59 $30,360
New Bedford, MA 240 $11.38 $23,660
Bangor, ME 240 $14.72 $30,610
Green Bay, WI 240 $11.95 $24,850
Athens-Clarke County, GA 230 $14.05 $29,210
Lynchburg, VA 230 $14.33 $29,810
Chattanooga, TN-GA 230 $12.97 $26,970
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 220 $13.84 $28,790
Tulsa, OK 220 $13.27 $27,600
State College, PA 220 $15.78 $32,830
Worcester, MA-CT 220 $15.42 $32,080
Macon, GA 220 $17.11 $35,590
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 220 $12.24 $25,450
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 210 $11.96 $24,880
Duluth, MN-WI 210 $14.05 $29,220
Terre Haute, IN 210 $13.68 $28,450
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 210 $10.06 $20,930
Lafayette, IN 210 $14.55 $30,270
Jackson, TN 200 $11.59 $24,100
Spokane, WA 200 $13.56 $28,200
Lafayette, LA 200 $11.72 $24,380
Greenville, NC 190 $9.49 $19,730
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 190 $12.50 $26,010
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 190 $11.54 $24,000
Sioux Falls, SD 190 $12.82 $26,670
Tyler, TX 190 $10.49 $21,810
Brunswick, GA 190 $16.32 $33,940
Monroe, LA 190 $13.95 $29,020
Gainesville, GA 190 $13.04 $27,130
Lewiston, ID-WA 190 Not available Not available
Pascagoula, MS 190 $11.10 $23,090
Mobile, AL 190 $10.87 $22,610
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 190 Not available Not available
Lincoln, NE 190 $14.56 $30,280
Jefferson City, MO 180 $11.43 $23,760
Bend, OR 180 $16.09 $33,460
Colorado Springs, CO 180 $12.23 $25,440
Roanoke, VA 180 $12.37 $25,720
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 180 Not available Not available
Ithaca, NY 180 Not available Not available
Peoria, IL 180 $13.88 $28,860
Wausau, WI 170 $11.75 $24,430
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 170 $12.37 $25,730
Reno-Sparks, NV 170 $13.85 $28,810
Rapid City, SD 170 $13.24 $27,530
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 170 $11.48 $23,880
Reading, PA 170 $11.83 $24,600
Boulder, CO 160 $13.44 $27,950
Toledo, OH 160 $14.61 $30,380
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 160 $11.22 $23,350
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 160 $17.12 $35,600
Canton-Massillon, OH 160 $11.08 $23,040
Durham, NC 160 $16.19 $33,670
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 160 $12.12 $25,200
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 160 $13.91 $28,940
Rochester, MN 160 $12.76 $26,550
Wichita, KS 160 $10.99 $22,860
Springfield, MA-CT 160 $14.72 $30,610
Columbus, GA-AL 150 $13.43 $27,940
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 150 $14.09 $29,300
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 150 $13.02 $27,090
Lebanon, PA 150 $15.30 $31,830
Dover, DE 140 Not available Not available
Hattiesburg, MS 140 $13.86 $28,830
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 140 $16.28 $33,860
Glens Falls, NY 140 $13.32 $27,710
Huntsville, AL 140 $13.84 $28,780
Knoxville, TN 140 $13.92 $28,950
Grand Forks, ND-MN 130 $13.07 $27,180
Evansville, IN-KY 130 $15.24 $31,690
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 130 $20.20 $42,010
Decatur, AL 130 $11.16 $23,210
Columbia, MO 130 $14.15 $29,430
St. Cloud, MN 130 $17.66 $36,730
Logan, UT-ID 130 $11.95 $24,850
Iowa City, IA 130 $10.73 $22,320
Clarksville, TN-KY 120 $14.20 $29,540
Utica-Rome, NY 120 $15.60 $32,440
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 120 $14.27 $29,680
College Station-Bryan, TX 120 $13.14 $27,330
Sandusky, OH 120 $16.39 $34,080
Eau Claire, WI 110 $13.77 $28,640
Waco, TX 110 $10.59 $22,040
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 110 $12.69 $26,390
Auburn-Opelika, AL 110 $13.37 $27,820
Abilene, TX 100 $10.80 $22,470
Santa Fe, NM 100 $13.29 $27,630
Longview, TX 100 $12.99 $27,020
Savannah, GA 100 $16.26 $33,830
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 100 $13.04 $27,130
Winchester, VA-WV 90 $11.41 $23,740
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 90 $13.05 $27,140
Williamsport, PA 90 $14.59 $30,360
St. Joseph, MO-KS 90 $14.18 $29,490
Barnstable Town, MA 90 $14.41 $29,970
Jacksonville, NC 90 $14.04 $29,210
Ames, IA 90 Not available Not available
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 90 $15.78 $32,830
Danville, VA 80 $11.50 $23,930
Fond du Lac, WI 80 $13.74 $28,570
Wilmington, NC 80 $15.78 $32,830
Topeka, KS 80 $13.63 $28,350
Appleton, WI 70 $17.47 $36,330
Mansfield, OH 70 Not available Not available
Binghamton, NY 70 $12.22 $25,430
Prescott, AZ 70 $13.10 $27,250
Lake Charles, LA 60 $13.79 $28,680
Warner Robins, GA 60 $16.83 $35,010
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 60 $14.40 $29,950
Rome, GA 60 $15.30 $31,820
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 60 $12.66 $26,330
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 60 $13.29 $27,640
Sumter, SC 60 $14.57 $30,300
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 60 $12.44 $25,880
Sheboygan, WI 60 Not available Not available
Johnstown, PA 60 $13.75 $28,600
Erie, PA 60 $14.34 $29,830
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 50 $17.77 $36,950
Elizabethtown, KY 50 $11.18 $23,250
Dubuque, IA 50 $11.63 $24,180
Gadsden, AL 50 $18.24 $37,930
La Crosse, WI-MN 50 Not available Not available
Anderson, SC 50 $14.14 $29,410
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 50 $13.26 $27,570
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 50 Not available Not available
Farmington, NM 40 $13.79 $28,680
Kingston, NY 40 $11.79 $24,520
Altoona, PA 40 Not available Not available
Fayetteville, NC 40 $15.14 $31,500
Winston-Salem, NC 40 $16.19 $33,670
Great Falls, MT 40 $11.57 $24,070
Morristown, TN 30 $14.70 $30,570
Pocatello, ID 30 $14.71 $30,600
Morgantown, WV Not available $13.37 $27,820
Billings, MT Not available $9.78 $20,340
Joplin, MO Not available $13.07 $27,180
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL Not available $13.08 $27,210
Punta Gorda, FL Not available $13.76 $28,620
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division Not available $9.45 $19,650
Jackson, MI Not available $10.45 $21,740
Bloomington, IN Not available $10.97 $22,810
Medford, OR Not available $18.13 $37,710
Akron, OH Not available $11.76 $24,460
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Not available $12.81 $26,640
Anchorage, AK Not available $14.31 $29,760
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Not available $11.86 $24,670
Manchester, NH Not available $10.42 $21,680
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Not available $7.52 $15,640
Provo-Orem, UT Not available $11.59 $24,110
El Paso, TX Not available $8.57 $17,820
Gainesville, FL Not available $9.81 $20,400
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Not available $13.48 $28,040
Lewiston-Auburn, ME Not available $12.93 $26,880
Charleston, WV Not available $14.53 $30,230
San Angelo, TX Not available $15.02 $31,230
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Not available $12.98 $26,990
York-Hanover, PA Not available $11.72 $24,380
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Not available $10.21 $21,230
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Not available $11.86 $24,670
Albany, GA Not available $12.28 $25,540
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Not available $14.47 $30,100
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Not available $11.11 $23,110
Dalton, GA Not available $12.31 $25,610
Owensboro, KY Not available $14.30 $29,740
Bloomington-Normal, IL Not available $10.90 $22,670
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