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
Southwest Minnesota 17057$16.78/hr$1.49/hr$10.84/hr$12.07/hr$16.40/hr$20.59/hr$24.56/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.


Leading Industries for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Trade, Transportation and Utilities80$15.10/hr
Other Regional Data For Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 210 $14.63/hr -2.1%
Southwest Minnesota 170 $16.40/hr 0.8%
Southeast Minnesota 80 $14.79/hr -0.8%
Northwest Minnesota 50 $18.69/hr N/A
Central Minnesota 40 $16.42/hr 1.0%
Northeast Minnesota N/A $10.08/hr -2.4%
Related Occupations
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers1,170$15.14/hr5.3%
Packers and Packagers, Hand560$14.84/hr-5.2%
Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals310$12.86/hr1.8%
Agricultural Inspectors50$21.53/hr4.5%
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers30$27.40/hr7.3%
Agricultural Equipment OperatorsN/A$17.90/hr11.3%
Tasks for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse