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
Southwest Minnesota 31086$13.74/hr$0.83/hr$10.02/hr$10.66/hr$12.86/hr$15.34/hr$19.23/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.


Leading Industries for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Natural Resources and Mining160$11.59/hr
Other Regional Data For Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Southwest Minnesota 310 $12.86/hr 1.8%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 220 $12.04/hr -3.4%
Central Minnesota 190 $13.88/hr -2.2%
Northwest Minnesota 110 $14.74/hr 0.0%
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Southeast Minnesota N/A N/A 2.7%
Related Occupations
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers1,360$16.38/hr9.7%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse170$16.40/hr0.8%
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers160$11.41/hrN/A
Tasks for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals