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Occupational Employment Statistics


DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

45-2092 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse



Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Excludes “Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products" (45-2041) and “Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers" (45-4011 through 45-4029).

Geography Click link for Career Profile EmploymentEmp SE*Percentiles
Mean10th25thMedian75th90th
Southwest Minnesota 15018$17.34/hr$14.02/hr$14.67/hr$15.64/hr$19.20/hr$22.00/hr


IndustryOES Employment (Statewide)OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Natural Resources and Mining320$15.80/hr
Manufacturing200$22.44/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities680$16.67/hr
Professional and Business Services240$15.46/hr
Education and Health Services20$19.54/hr
Leisure and Hospitality20$15.81/hr
Public AdministrationN/AN/A
 
Geography Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change 2020-2030
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
St Cloud MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Northwest Balance of State N/AN/AN/A
Northwest Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Northeast Balance of State 20$16.60/hrN/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 40$15.75/hrN/A
Northeast Minnesota 50$15.75/hrN/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA 60$19.80/hrN/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 80$22.66/hrN/A
Southeast Balance of State 80$15.13/hrN/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 90$22.39/hrN/A
Rochester MN MSA 90$16.67/hrN/A
Southwest Minnesota 150$15.64/hr-7.4%
Southeast Minnesota 180$16.67/hrN/A
Southwest Balance of State 280$18.66/hrN/A
Central Minnesota 300$19.23/hr-14.2%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 500$15.90/hrN/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 610$15.90/hrN/A
Minnesota 1,500$17.70/hr-4.1%


Occupations Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change 2020-2030
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 53,370$19.92/hr6.5%
Dishwashers 6,450$14.38/hr16.7%
Helpers--Production Workers 4,870$18.65/hr-3.7%


  • Cut, roll, and stack sod.
  • Set up and operate irrigation equipment.
  • Sow grass seed, or plant plugs of grass.
  • Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.
  • Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.
  • Record information about plants and plant growth.
  • Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress.
  • Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs.
  • Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
  • Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping.