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Agricultural Inspectors · SOC 45-2011

Agricultural Inspectors Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$47,770
Median hourly wage$22.97

Agricultural Inspectors in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $47,770 per year ($22.97 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,890 at the 10th percentile to $95,410 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Agricultural Inspectors in the Boston metro area earn more than $47,770 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,080 and $78,440.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$38,890$46,080$47,770$78,440$95,410
Hourly$18.70$22.16$22.97$37.71$45.87

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

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $47,770
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $46,510
  • United Statesnational
    $49,940

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

The median here is +3% vs Massachusetts overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$31,450$52,247$73,043$93,840Dothan, AL — $31,450Gainesville, FL — $35,360Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,280Macon-Bibb County, GA — $40,330Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $40,530Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $41,160Gainesville, GA — $41,460Jackson, MS — $41,790St. Joseph, MO-KS — $43,880Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $43,990Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $44,450Idaho Falls, ID — $44,510Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $44,870Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $44,970Harrisonburg, VA — $45,560Lebanon, PA — $45,670Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $45,910Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $46,720Lincoln, NE — $47,400Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,770Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $48,140Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,920Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $49,490Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $49,930Florence, SC — $49,940Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,940Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $49,940Twin Falls, ID — $49,940Boise City, ID — $50,400Kansas City, MO-KS — $51,000Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $51,170Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $51,250Omaha, NE-IA — $52,120Las Cruces, NM — $52,450Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $52,820Oklahoma City, OK — $53,060Madison, WI — $54,040St. Louis, MO-IL — $54,500Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $55,650El Centro, CA — $55,690Jefferson City, MO — $56,080Longview-Kelso, WA — $56,870Fresno, CA — $56,890Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $56,960Bismarck, ND — $57,060Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $57,080Visalia, CA — $57,540Urban Honolulu, HI — $58,290Cedar Rapids, IA — $58,480Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $60,180Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $60,590Fort Wayne, IN — $61,440Stockton-Lodi, CA — $62,440Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $62,880Yakima, WA — $62,880Kennewick-Richland, WA — $63,130Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $63,490Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $63,650Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $63,970Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $64,110Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $64,790Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $64,960Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $65,520New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $67,200Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $69,710Columbus, OH — $70,140San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $70,860San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $77,550Modesto, CA — $78,310New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $79,210Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $82,200Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $82,640Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $83,120Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $84,910San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $93,840

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 Boston metro area has the 56th-highest published median for this occupation among the 75 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”.

Keep exploring

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

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse$39,080Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals$38,410First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers$59,640Forest and Conservation Workers$51,300

Highest-paying metro areas for agricultural inspectorss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

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.