Highest-paying Cities for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

The top 100 highest paying cities for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse (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 farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $48,520, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois is the highest paying city for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse. It is followed by Fargo, North Dakota (average annual salary $45,610). 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 farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$48,520	$39,070	70
2	Fargo, North Dakota	$45,610	$25,730	80
3	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$45,070	$29,320	90
4	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$43,130	$34,780	140
5	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$42,350	$27,400	290
6	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,180	$22,900	190
7	Missoula, Montana	$41,920	$28,470	60
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$41,460	$36,830	1,380
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$40,620	$36,230	1,370
10	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$40,300	$27,140	120
11	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$39,880	$30,910	120
12	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$39,840	$31,870	100
13	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$39,840	$27,290	60
14	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$39,660	$27,160	30
15	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$39,640	$31,820	80
16	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$39,550	$28,810	150
17	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$38,880	$28,620	40
18	Boulder, Colorado	$38,810	$31,860	220
19	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,700	$33,990	890
20	Corvallis, Oregon	$38,700	$31,200	60
21	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$38,590	$32,940	190
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$38,410	$32,430	820
23	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$38,190	$17,050	n/a
24	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$38,080	$24,820	160
25	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$38,060	$30,730	150
26	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$37,970	$32,630	40
27	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,590	$24,950	130
28	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,560	$29,310	280
29	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$37,400	$31,500	120
30	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$37,390	$29,190	120
31	Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$37,310	$27,100	310
32	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$37,220	$30,140	40
33	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$37,220	$24,960	180
34	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$37,100	$31,870	3,650
35	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$37,060	$31,340	90
36	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$36,920	$31,060	1,320
37	Decatur, Alabama	$36,710	$29,950	50
38	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$36,670	$28,280	60
39	Napa, California	$36,590	$35,140	2,900
40	Ithaca, New York	$36,490	$31,200	80
41	Columbia, Missouri	$36,430	$29,980	40
42	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$36,380	$24,670	80
43	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$36,340	$35,410	2,340
44	St Louis, Missouri	$36,290	$28,220	450
45	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$36,250	$29,800	130
46	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$36,200	$23,110	1,340
47	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$36,190	$19,420	80
48	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$36,120	$32,400	130
49	Kansas City, Missouri	$36,080	$22,060	370
50	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$36,050	$27,300	30
51	Flagstaff, Arizona	$36,020	$30,510	70
52	Olympia, Washington	$36,010	$30,140	50
53	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$35,990	$29,030	70
54	Toledo, Ohio	$35,970	$21,510	80
55	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$35,960	$31,890	580
56	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$35,940	$27,180	180
57	Bellingham, Washington	$35,940	$30,140	90
58	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$35,930	$29,890	80
59	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$35,910	$17,430	n/a
60	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$35,860	$30,530	160
61	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$35,840	$22,210	130
62	Longview, Washington	$35,780	$32,240	40
63	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$35,740	$31,200	250
64	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$35,740	$27,320	1,040
65	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$35,730	$34,410	70
66	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$35,670	$31,660	2,990
67	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$35,650	$23,510	30
68	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$35,610	$30,330	40
69	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$35,550	$26,110	230
70	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$35,500	$25,900	170
71	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$35,500	$35,500	230
72	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$35,460	$32,300	310
73	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$35,420	$30,430	230
74	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$35,380	$30,830	280
75	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$35,340	$24,210	240
76	Jackson, Mississippi	$35,340	$19,450	30
77	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$35,190	$19,930	200
78	Billings, Montana	$35,130	$27,390	70
79	Yakima, Washington	$35,090	$30,380	2,590
80	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$35,060	$22,880	800
81	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$34,950	$23,160	130
82	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$34,930	$24,870	280
83	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$34,900	$32,140	1,120
84	Anchorage, Alaska	$34,890	$28,820	200
85	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$34,880	$27,290	450
86	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$34,830	$21,500	40
87	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$34,830	$29,120	50
88	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$34,790	$29,180	50
89	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$34,760	$30,340	190
90	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$34,730	$27,390	160
91	Prescott, Arizona	$34,670	$28,850	100
92	Salinas, California	$34,660	$32,070	29,710
93	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$34,520	$28,880	110
94	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$34,520	$28,510	260
95	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$34,510	$30,900	2,280
96	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$34,500	$26,120	100
97	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$34,440	$24,530	80
98	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$34,420	$23,900	220
99	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$34,410	$28,640	1,500
100	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$34,400	$30,970	1,790

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse.