DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

45-2093 Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Occupational Description:
Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep and collect eggs in hatcheries.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 4 - West Central 5022$16.69/hr$1.37/hr$11.04/hr$13.90/hr$16.86/hr$19.33/hr$22.68/hr
Minnesota 730113$13.75/hr$0.54/hr$10.07/hr$10.91/hr$12.81/hr$15.51/hr$19.17/hr
U S 36,6301,099$14.58/hr$0.12/hr$9.23/hr$11.02/hr$13.58/hr$17.28/hr$21.32/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Other Regional Data For Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 8 - Southwest 220 $12.37/hr N/A
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 220 $12.04/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 90 $13.85/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 50 $16.86/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 10 $11.91/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7W- Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead N/A N/A N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A N/A N/A
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers60$10.95/hrN/A
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse30$14.04/hrN/A
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersN/AN/AN/A
Forest and Conservation WorkersN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals