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Agricultural Equipment Operators · SOC 45-2091

Agricultural Equipment Operators Salary in the Fargo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Fargo, ND-MN metro area

Figures describe the Fargo, ND-MN metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Fargo city limits.

Median annual wage$48,710
Median hourly wage$23.42

Agricultural Equipment Operators in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area earned a median of $48,710 per year ($23.42 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,610 at the 10th percentile to $58,720 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Agricultural Equipment Operators in the Fargo metro area earn more than $48,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,780 and $54,220.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,610$44,780$48,710$54,220$58,720
Hourly$19.04$21.53$23.42$26.07$28.23

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Fargo metro areathis metro area
    $48,710
  • North Dakotastate (ND)
    $48,080
  • United Statesnational
    $41,730

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +1% vs North Dakota overall and +17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$29,150$37,560$45,970$54,380McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $29,150Jonesboro, AR — $30,760Columbia, SC — $31,820Albany, GA — $33,600Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $34,070Lubbock, TX — $34,570Dothan, AL — $36,050Visalia, CA — $36,130Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,600Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $36,610Fresno, CA — $36,650Jackson, TN — $36,660Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $36,890Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $36,930El Centro, CA — $37,200Corpus Christi, TX — $37,410Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $37,420Merced, CA — $37,570Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,810Jackson, MS — $37,830Yuba City, CA — $37,890Vallejo, CA — $38,070Twin Falls, ID — $38,080Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $38,280Modesto, CA — $38,320Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $38,400Salinas, CA — $38,740Idaho Falls, ID — $38,920Yakima, WA — $39,890Salem, OR — $40,120Boise City, ID — $40,620Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $41,910Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $41,930Lancaster, PA — $43,720Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $44,090Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $44,150San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $44,230Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $44,260Grand Island, NE — $44,310Cedar Rapids, IA — $44,660Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $44,810Bloomington, IL — $45,280Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $45,310Fort Wayne, IN — $45,470Peoria, IL — $45,610Topeka, KS — $45,850Wichita, KS — $45,860Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $45,960Lincoln, NE — $45,980Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $46,220Albany, OR — $46,770Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,840Iowa City, IA — $46,940Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,970Champaign-Urbana, IL — $47,060Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,080Green Bay, WI — $47,220St. Louis, MO-IL — $47,280Evansville, IN — $47,500Ames, IA — $47,610Kansas City, MO-KS — $47,610Napa, CA — $47,880Grand Forks, ND-MN — $47,900Omaha, NE-IA — $48,010Eau Claire, WI — $48,250Terre Haute, IN — $48,330Medford, OR — $48,510Mankato, MN — $48,520Fargo, ND-MN — $48,710Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $49,220Madison, WI — $49,410Dubuque, IA — $49,440Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $49,990Columbus, OH — $51,050Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $52,100Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $53,680Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $54,380

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Fargo metro area has the 9th-highest published median for this occupation among the 77 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Dakota

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for agricultural equipment operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Fargo metro areathis page
    $48,710
  • Grand Forks metro area
    $47,900

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products$44,370

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.