Highest-paying Cities for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

The top 100 highest paying cities for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals (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, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $52,000, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is the highest paying city for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals. It is followed by Salt Lake City, Utah (average annual salary $50,360). 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, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$52,000	$35,760	1,800
2	Salt Lake City, Utah	$50,360	$27,960	60
3	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$49,120	$27,210	980
4	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$48,920	$35,220	70
5	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$48,280	$38,910	30
6	Corpus Christi, Texas	$45,790	$39,840	n/a
7	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$45,240	$40,380	70
8	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$45,120	$31,070	60
9	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$45,110	$35,420	50
10	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$44,890	$21,780	60
11	Wichita Falls, Texas	$44,510	$39,800	n/a
12	Bismarck, North Dakota	$44,460	$34,390	50
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$44,180	$35,210	260
14	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,030	$35,180	90
15	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$43,850	$23,670	180
16	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$43,590	$30,030	60
17	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$41,900	$34,280	130
18	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$41,600	$31,090	60
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$41,600	$27,420	310
20	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$41,380	$31,480	60
21	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$41,350	$30,730	130
22	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$40,870	$20,220	30
23	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$40,780	$30,610	50
24	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$40,560	$27,520	30
25	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$39,790	$17,770	40
26	Sioux City, South Dakota	$39,480	$31,830	220
27	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$39,330	$28,080	40
28	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,210	$26,250	40
29	Knoxville, Tennessee	$39,110	$21,270	40
30	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$38,550	$18,210	100
31	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$38,420	$24,440	110
32	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$38,360	$25,260	70
33	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$38,200	$29,180	300
34	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$38,150	$28,970	120
35	Salinas, California	$38,090	$31,050	30
36	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$38,050	$32,910	60
37	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$37,500	$28,600	80
38	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$37,460	$29,360	90
39	Merced, California	$37,440	$31,180	220
40	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$37,170	$29,490	60
41	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$37,160	$28,410	230
42	Columbia, South Carolina	$37,140	$23,310	50
43	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$37,140	$28,020	50
44	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$37,080	$34,740	n/a
45	Salisbury, Maryland	$36,970	$31,800	40
46	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$36,960	$27,320	n/a
47	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,830	$29,940	210
48	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$36,710	$29,830	150
49	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$36,670	$21,990	250
50	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$36,620	$29,750	240
51	Topeka, Kansas	$36,610	$28,410	60
52	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$36,540	$29,950	130
53	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$36,470	$30,300	180
54	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$36,440	$31,030	110
55	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$36,430	$32,430	200
56	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$36,400	$18,440	50
57	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$36,360	$26,420	50
58	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$36,330	$22,880	140
59	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$36,300	$28,890	110
60	Modesto, California	$36,170	$31,790	120
61	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$36,030	$29,260	50
62	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$36,030	$28,200	40
63	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$36,030	$19,030	30
64	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$35,980	$31,080	90
65	Bellingham, Washington	$35,940	$30,140	90
66	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$35,930	$24,150	60
67	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$35,910	$24,210	110
68	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$35,910	$25,460	120
69	Greeley, Colorado	$35,900	$29,000	60
70	Stockton, California	$35,900	$31,960	70
71	Boulder, Colorado	$35,880	$29,710	80
72	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$35,860	$25,630	230
73	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$35,840	$23,260	80
74	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$35,820	$30,040	110
75	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$35,770	$33,460	480
76	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$35,740	$21,040	60
77	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$35,580	$28,710	n/a
78	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$35,550	$29,190	70
79	Olympia, Washington	$35,510	$30,140	50
80	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$35,470	$27,040	360
81	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$35,380	$25,160	40
82	Dayton, Ohio	$35,340	$22,640	50
83	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$35,320	$17,120	30
84	Bend, Oregon	$35,250	$30,820	40
85	Worcester, Massachusetts	$35,220	$31,200	40
86	Madison, Wisconsin	$35,220	$28,950	340
87	Yakima, Washington	$35,210	$30,210	80
88	Springfield, Massachusetts	$34,980	$30,530	70
89	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$34,970	$28,500	180
90	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$34,930	$31,480	40
91	Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$34,880	$25,170	40
92	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$34,770	$29,580	350
93	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$34,690	$21,460	480
94	Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$34,660	$26,690	n/a
95	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$34,660	$20,110	230
96	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$34,660	$27,990	90
97	Fresno, California	$34,640	$30,540	110
98	Spokane, Washington	$34,610	$30,140	40
99	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$34,550	$29,650	80
100	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$34,520	$19,930	110

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