DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

45-2091 Agricultural Equipment Operators

Occupational Description:
Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops; feeding and herding livestock; or removing animal waste. May perform tasks such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 10 - Southeast 15060$18.25/hr$0.89/hr$14.22/hr$15.96/hr$18.03/hr$20.90/hr$23.48/hr
Minnesota 780181$18.28/hr$0.48/hr$13.92/hr$16.05/hr$17.93/hr$20.43/hr$23.60/hr
U S 26,9901,107$16.25/hr$0.16/hr$10.59/hr$12.89/hr$15.59/hr$18.89/hr$23.00/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Agricultural Equipment Operators
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Trade, Transportation and Utilities70$18.69/hr
Other Regional Data For Agricultural Equipment Operators
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 10 - Southeast 150 $18.03/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 90 $18.02/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 40 $17.12/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 40 $17.87/hr N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest N/A $17.83/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities N/A $19.55/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 5 - North Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7W- Central N/A N/A N/A
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators790$28.63/hrN/A
Farm Equipment Mechanics350$22.42/hrN/A
Automotive Body and Related Repairers310$19.08/hrN/A
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders240$23.46/hrN/A
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders80$17.75/hrN/A
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse80$14.79/hrN/A
Crane and Tower Operators70$18.88/hrN/A
RiggersN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Agricultural Equipment Operators