Highest-paying Cities for Agricultural Equipment Operators

The top 100 highest paying cities for agricultural equipment operators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of agricultural equipment operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $54,000, Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana is the highest paying city for agricultural equipment operators. It is followed by Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota (average annual salary $50,720). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of agricultural equipment operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Agricultural Equipment Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$54,000	$23,960	30
2	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$50,720	$36,180	50
3	Grand Island, Nebraska	$50,100	$36,050	120
4	Evansville, Kentucky	$49,050	$28,690	30
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$47,280	$40,340	120
6	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$47,160	$38,050	120
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$46,940	$41,630	n/a
8	Bloomington, Illinois	$46,860	$35,850	40
9	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$46,610	$31,240	160
10	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$46,220	$36,970	190
11	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,120	$36,840	150
12	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$45,910	$36,560	50
13	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$45,790	$36,970	150
14	Sioux City, South Dakota	$45,770	$36,430	90
15	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$45,680	$38,670	70
16	Rochester, Minnesota	$45,600	$36,080	40
17	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$45,430	$36,810	600
18	Dubuque, Iowa	$45,350	$35,360	70
19	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$45,230	$35,240	60
20	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$45,170	$36,250	260
21	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$45,140	$31,180	160
22	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$44,930	$33,560	520
23	Napa, California	$44,320	$38,280	250
24	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$44,310	$36,240	40
25	Kansas City, Missouri	$44,290	$36,480	100
26	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$44,290	$30,430	210
27	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$44,090	$36,840	150
28	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$44,000	$36,920	530
29	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$43,890	$32,310	230
30	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$43,870	$27,640	30
31	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$43,660	$32,020	90
32	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$43,630	$27,320	50
33	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$43,630	$38,830	170
34	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$43,620	$34,100	40
35	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$43,580	$34,800	30
36	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$43,440	$32,300	180
37	St Cloud, Minnesota	$43,360	$35,360	30
38	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$43,330	$33,550	270
39	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$43,020	$36,080	40
40	St Louis, Missouri	$42,910	$36,400	120
41	Columbus, Ohio	$42,850	$36,200	60
42	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$42,470	$28,070	50
43	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$42,330	$28,680	n/a
44	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$42,310	$36,900	110
45	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,310	$34,550	180
46	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$42,070	$28,800	110
47	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$41,780	$34,080	160
48	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$41,780	$31,240	50
49	Madison, Wisconsin	$41,710	$33,200	100
50	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$41,690	$25,430	50
51	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$41,560	$35,430	180
52	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$41,120	$33,950	n/a
53	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$41,080	$31,940	90
54	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$40,980	$30,940	50
55	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$40,890	$33,530	100
56	Lincoln, Nebraska	$40,810	$35,940	70
57	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$40,680	$31,010	140
58	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$40,670	$35,110	370
59	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$40,660	$33,850	160
60	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$40,280	$35,720	80
61	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$40,140	$36,380	270
62	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$40,010	$33,990	160
63	Knoxville, Tennessee	$39,940	$27,320	n/a
64	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$39,830	$31,990	50
65	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$39,780	$29,790	60
66	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$39,760	$30,620	200
67	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$39,640	$30,780	70
68	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$39,620	$28,370	610
69	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$39,570	$34,560	210
70	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$39,520	$31,500	130
71	Wichita, Kansas	$39,450	$29,530	50
72	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$39,430	$23,110	30
73	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$39,180	$32,700	60
74	Springfield, Illinois	$39,170	$31,990	130
75	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$39,060	$34,460	340
76	Yuba City, California	$38,900	$32,460	60
77	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$38,880	$36,460	110
78	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$38,550	$31,710	80
79	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$38,490	$32,680	30
80	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,230	$30,160	30
81	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$38,220	$32,790	160
82	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$38,130	$32,740	120
83	Fargo, North Dakota	$37,960	$30,900	100
84	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,950	$19,230	40
85	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$37,900	$27,530	40
86	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$37,880	$27,320	210
87	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$37,860	$21,550	100
88	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$37,840	$25,070	80
89	Southeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$37,820	$28,010	90
90	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$37,710	$31,160	100
91	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$37,660	$29,320	100
92	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$37,640	$29,750	40
93	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$37,580	$28,820	60
94	Chico, California	$37,570	$31,520	60
95	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$37,540	$22,680	110
96	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$37,520	$23,970	40
97	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$37,470	$28,790	50
98	Yakima, Washington	$37,430	$31,790	270
99	Peoria, Illinois	$37,430	$24,470	70
100	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$37,420	$26,820	80

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for agricultural equipment operators.