Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Salary in the US
A farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse earns a national median of $35,660 a year (mean $37,630) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #795 of 825.
How much does a farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse earn in the US?
A farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in the United States earns a median of $35,660 a year (mean $37,630), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 30% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 265,500 people work in this occupation (SOC 45-2092), ranked #795 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$35,660
per year
Mean
$37,630
per year
Employment
265,500
US workers
National rank
#795
of 825 by median
What a farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse (SOC 45-2092) earns a median annual wage of $35,660 and a mean (average) of $37,630. The median is the midpoint — half of farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse earn more and half earn less — and is 30% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse is $35,660, and the mean (average) is $37,630. The median is the midpoint — half of farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse earn more and half earn less.
- How does farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse pay compare to the US average?
- At $35,660, a farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse earns 30% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 265,500 farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse employed nationally (SOC 45-2092), across all industries.
- Where does this farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 45-2092. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 45-2092 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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