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Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Salary by State (2026)

Name: Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse annual wages by US state, May 2025
Creator: NueCareer
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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse earn the most in Wyoming at $55,180 a year and the least in Mississippi at $30,250 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $35,660. The table below covers all 50 states and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median: $55,180Wyoming
National median: $35,660BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median: $30,250Mississippi
Areas reporting: 51of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse

Ranked on the state median among the 50 states. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

1Wyoming$55,180
2South Dakota$42,260
3Montana$41,390
4Illinois$41,050
5New York$40,930

Lowest median pay

1Mississippi$30,250
2Georgia$30,300
3Florida$30,640
4Tennessee$31,020
5West Virginia$31,050

All states

Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1	WYWyoming	$55,180	$47,060	$57,050	50	$59,531
2	SDSouth Dakota	$42,260	$35,930	$47,290	190	$47,705
3	MTMontana	$41,390	$33,280	$47,150	720	$43,732
4	ILIllinois	$41,050	$35,920	$46,760	2,850	$41,067
5	NYNew York	$40,930	$36,240	$45,640	2,760	$37,926
6	NENebraska	$39,530	$35,200	$45,330	440	$43,872
7	WAWashington	$39,170	$36,470	$42,650	13,490	$36,603
8	MEMaine	$39,060	$36,610	$47,990	280	$40,247
9	MIMichigan	$38,680	$34,490	$42,290	5,410	$40,201
10	MDMaryland	$38,420	$35,900	$43,110	1,380	$36,605
11	MAMassachusetts	$38,220	$36,310	$44,670	1,340	$36,139
12	COColorado	$38,170	$34,950	$43,930	2,450	$37,040
13	MNMinnesota	$38,080	$32,800	$44,380	1,200	$38,612
14	NJNew Jersey	$37,710	$35,800	$44,010	2,430	$34,658
15	IAIowa	$37,590	$30,610	$39,500	930	$42,832
16	RIRhode Island	$37,540	$34,900	$48,640	230	$36,703
17	OHOhio	$37,470	$31,910	$43,230	1,990	$40,388
18	KSKansas	$37,020	$31,430	$41,000	900	$41,102
19	PAPennsylvania	$37,010	$32,230	$44,300	2,940	$37,931
20	HIHawaii	$36,990	$33,530	$44,150	700	$33,642
21	INIndiana	$36,980	$31,200	$46,480	910	$39,623
22	CTConnecticut	$36,950	$34,010	$44,710	460	$35,663
23	AKAlaska	$36,780	$30,460	$62,400	120	$35,932
24	MOMissouri	$36,280	$29,330	$40,200	2,600	$39,948
25	NHNew Hampshire	$35,920	$30,090	$42,280	220	$34,484
26	CACalifornia	$35,580	$34,490	$37,630	172,260	$32,135
27	VAVirginia	$35,580	$32,120	$39,710	1,590	$35,191
28	WIWisconsin	$35,360	$30,680	$39,440	1,490	$37,579
29	VTVermont	$35,170	$34,580	$45,200	220	$35,903
30	SCSouth Carolina	$35,110	$29,420	$45,040	680	$37,451
31	AZArizona	$35,080	$31,140	$35,790	7,110	$34,844
32	IDIdaho	$34,470	$31,240	$36,680	2,420	$36,097
33	OROregon	$34,070	$31,460	$37,400	6,780	$32,962
34	ALAlabama	$33,870	$29,600	$37,570	740	$38,132
35	NCNorth Carolina	$33,870	$29,820	$36,640	2,510	$35,907
36	UTUtah	$33,490	$27,550	$39,020	670	$33,875
37	NVNevada	$33,280	$32,130	$36,240	660	$33,287
38	LALouisiana	$33,260	$29,760	$37,140	570	$37,707
39	DEDelaware	$33,090	$31,200	$34,830	220	$33,154
40	OKOklahoma	$33,090	$27,780	$38,480	1,080	$37,669
41	KYKentucky	$33,050	$29,450	$38,520	510	$36,657
42	ARArkansas	$32,970	$30,140	$36,260	390	$37,924
43	TXTexas	$32,840	$28,690	$35,890	4,290	$33,836
44	NMNew Mexico	$31,150	$26,200	$35,460	1,960	$33,781
45	NDNorth Dakota	$31,080	$30,750	$37,340	60	$34,937
46	WVWest Virginia	$31,050	$28,080	$36,080	100	$34,694
47	TNTennessee	$31,020	$29,450	$36,330	1,080	$33,765
48	FLFlorida	$30,640	$29,280	$35,820	9,180	$29,628
49	GAGeorgia	$30,300	$28,370	$36,980	1,610	$31,466
50	MSMississippi	$30,250	$27,700	$37,510	300	$34,789
51	PRPuerto Rico	$21,960	$21,840	$25,860	1,060	N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse, the adjustment does not change the leader: Wyoming is first on raw pay and still first once prices are taken into account, at $59,531.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse the most?

Wyoming reports the highest median wage for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse at $55,180 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by South Dakota ($42,260) and Montana ($41,390).

Which state pays farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse the least?

Among the 50 states, Mississippi reports the lowest median for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse at $30,250 a year, $24,930 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, Puerto Rico reports $21,960.

Is the highest-paying state the best for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse after cost of living?

Yes. Wyoming stays first after dividing each state median by its BEA Regional Price Parity, at $59,531 in national-average dollars from a raw $55,180. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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