DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

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

Occupational Description:
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 ?Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation? (37-3012), ?Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products? (45-2041), and ?Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers? (45-4011 through 45-4029).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Fargo ND-MN MSA7026$15.05/hr$1.23/hr$9.70/hr$11.45/hr$13.77/hr$19.01/hr$22.91/hr
Minnesota 940248$16.72/hr$0.55/hr$10.62/hr$12.16/hr$16.44/hr$19.95/hr$24.45/hr
U S 295,5205,910$13.56/hr$0.08/hr$11.22/hr$11.67/hr$12.41/hr$14.53/hr$18.01/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Other Regional Data For Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 250 $14.16/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 170 $17.56/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 90 $14.02/hr N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 70 $13.77/hr N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA N/A $10.08/hr N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A $14.94/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA N/A $15.32/hr N/A
Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
Northwest Balance of State N/A $18.79/hr N/A
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(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers870$17.64/hrN/A
Packers and Packagers, Hand340$12.35/hrN/A
Agricultural Equipment OperatorsN/AN/AN/A
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry WorkersN/AN/AN/A
Agricultural InspectorsN/AN/AN/A
Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch AnimalsN/A$12.50/hrN/A
Tasks for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse