Agricultural Inspectors · SOC 45-2011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Agricultural Inspectorss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for agricultural inspectors. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 75 metro areas

Agricultural Inspectors: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$93,840	30	0.3
2	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$84,910	130	0.1
3	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$83,120	50	0.0
4	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$82,640	40	0.1
5	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$82,200	60	0.0
6	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$79,210	170	0.0
7	Modesto, CA	$78,310	30	0.2
8	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$77,550	110	0.1
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$70,860	40	0.0
10	Columbus, OH	$70,140	40	0.0
11	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$69,710	30	0.1
12	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$67,200	80	0.2
13	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$65,520	60	0.0
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$64,960	80	0.0
15	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$64,790	220	0.0
16	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$64,110	50	0.1
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$63,970	30	0.0
18	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$63,650	50	0.0
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$63,490	660	0.1
20	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$63,130	40	0.3
21	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$62,880	50	1.0
22	Yakima, WA	$62,880	100	1.0
23	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$62,440	50	0.2
24	Fort Wayne, IN	$61,440	30	0.1
25	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$60,590	40	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Agricultural Inspectors overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.