Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers · SOC 11-9013

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 36 metro areas

Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Napa, CA	$158,660	150	1.9
2	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$142,560	70	0.4
3	Yakima, WA	$126,170	40	0.4
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$125,070	Not published	Not published
5	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$123,340	130	0.4
6	Salinas, CA	$122,630	90	0.5
7	Omaha, NE-IA	$120,570	40	0.1
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$111,470	60	0.0
9	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$110,840	50	0.1
10	Modesto, CA	$109,630	60	0.3
11	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$109,140	60	0.2
12	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$108,310	90	0.4
13	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$108,290	30	0.3
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$107,990	60	0.0
15	Fresno, CA	$104,600	200	0.4
16	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$103,420	30	0.0
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$103,260	80	0.0
18	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$101,990	100	0.3
19	Asheville, NC	$100,610	30	0.2
20	El Centro, CA	$98,630	40	0.6
21	Visalia, CA	$98,040	130	0.7
22	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$97,880	100	0.0
23	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$96,480	50	0.0
24	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$92,800	100	0.0
25	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$91,530	40	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 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.