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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse · SOC 45-2092

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$39,750
Median hourly wage$19.11

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $39,750 per year ($19.11 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,770 at the 10th percentile to $50,240 at the 90th. BLS estimates 920 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in the Washington metro area earn more than $39,750 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,390 and $45,430.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$34,770$36,390$39,750$45,430$50,240
Hourly$16.72$17.50$19.11$21.84$24.16

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

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $39,750
  • United Statesnational
    $35,660

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

The median here is +11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$21,840$30,690$39,540$48,390Ponce, PR — $21,840San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $24,580Las Cruces, NM — $26,480Ogden, UT — $27,320Fayetteville, NC — $27,470Tallahassee, FL — $28,490Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,510McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $28,690Goldsboro, NC — $28,750Port St. Lucie, FL — $28,850Albany, GA — $28,920Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $28,980Cedar Rapids, IA — $29,120Jefferson City, MO — $29,160Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $29,280Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $29,300Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $29,390Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $29,400Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $29,560Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $29,710Sebring, FL — $29,970Lubbock, TX — $30,040Tuscaloosa, AL — $30,440Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $30,540Knoxville, TN — $30,620Gainesville, FL — $30,640Corpus Christi, TX — $30,740Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $30,750Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $30,760Amarillo, TX — $30,790Jonesboro, AR — $30,890Roanoke, VA — $30,890San Angelo, TX — $31,010Jackson, MS — $31,120La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $31,200Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $31,200Appleton, WI — $31,210Albany, OR — $31,490Chattanooga, TN-GA — $31,500Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $31,550Iowa City, IA — $31,700Topeka, KS — $31,850Wilmington, NC — $31,870Farmington, NM — $32,240Waco, TX — $32,250North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $32,270El Paso, TX — $32,300Joplin, MO-KS — $32,950Dothan, AL — $32,970Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $33,170Lexington-Fayette, KY — $33,230Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $33,260Carson City, NV — $33,280Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $33,290Logan, UT-ID — $33,300Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $33,390Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $33,420Salem, OR — $33,450Wichita, KS — $33,540Jacksonville, FL — $33,580Harrisonburg, VA — $33,810Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $33,960Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $33,990Rockford, IL — $34,040Ocala, FL — $34,080Grants Pass, OR — $34,150Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $34,220Twin Falls, ID — $34,230Albuquerque, NM — $34,290Chico, CA — $34,320Reno, NV — $34,320Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,400Boise City, ID — $34,420Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $34,560Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $34,590Fresno, CA — $34,610Yuma, AZ — $34,610Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $34,620Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $34,630San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $34,630Binghamton, NY — $34,730Greeley, CO — $34,760Tulsa, OK — $34,760Visalia, CA — $34,800Reading, PA — $34,870Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $34,910Yuba City, CA — $34,960Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $35,050Flint, MI — $35,090Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $35,110Naples-Marco Island, FL — $35,130Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $35,130El Centro, CA — $35,140Syracuse, NY — $35,150Oklahoma City, OK — $35,170Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,190Eugene-Springfield, OR — $35,200Charlottesville, VA — $35,230Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $35,240Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $35,250Idaho Falls, ID — $35,270Green Bay, WI — $35,380Barnstable Town, MA — $35,400Manhattan, KS — $35,400Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $35,400Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $35,460Canton-Massillon, OH — $35,470Anchorage, AK — $35,540Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $35,550Greensboro-High Point, NC — $35,640Stockton-Lodi, CA — $35,640Traverse City, MI — $35,690Walla Walla, WA — $35,740Springfield, MA — $35,780Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $35,810Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,840Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $35,840Longview-Kelso, WA — $35,860Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $35,890Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $35,900Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $35,930Erie, PA — $35,930Pueblo, CO — $35,970Raleigh-Cary, NC — $35,970Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $35,980Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $36,000South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $36,060Asheville, NC — $36,070Lynchburg, VA — $36,100Billings, MT — $36,110New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $36,130Madison, WI — $36,160Lewiston, ID-WA — $36,170St. Cloud, MN — $36,200Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $36,230Baton Rouge, LA — $36,280Niles, MI — $36,300Akron, OH — $36,340Merced, CA — $36,350Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $36,360Huntsville, AL — $36,400Gettysburg, PA — $36,410Santa Fe, NM — $36,440Urban Honolulu, HI — $36,440Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $36,450Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $36,520San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $36,570Lancaster, PA — $36,590Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $36,610Auburn-Opelika, AL — $36,620Omaha, NE-IA — $36,620Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,660Colorado Springs, CO — $36,670Salinas, CA — $36,700Youngstown-Warren, OH — $36,710Evansville, IN — $36,790Rochester, NY — $36,800Kingston, NY — $36,810Birmingham, AL — $36,890Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,890Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $36,900Cleveland, OH — $36,900Rapid City, SD — $36,900Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,020San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $37,190Worcester, MA — $37,210Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $37,370Tucson, AZ — $37,400Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $37,440Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,510Vineland, NJ — $37,530Decatur, AL — $37,570Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,630Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $37,680Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $37,690Fort Wayne, IN — $37,720Columbia, MO — $37,820Springfield, MO — $37,840Modesto, CA — $37,850Missoula, MT — $37,860Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,930Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $37,940Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $38,050Peoria, IL — $38,070Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $38,100Pittsburgh, PA — $38,130Lebanon, PA — $38,140Toledo, OH — $38,160Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $38,220Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $38,250Vallejo, CA — $38,350Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $38,410Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $38,420Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $38,550Ann Arbor, MI — $38,570Richmond, VA — $38,570Columbus, OH — $38,630Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $38,650Medford, OR — $38,770Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $38,900St. Louis, MO-IL — $38,900Redding, CA — $38,910Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,990Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $39,000Pittsfield, MA — $39,020Yakima, WA — $39,070Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $39,080Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $39,090Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $39,340Grand Junction, CO — $39,570Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $39,640Jackson, MI — $39,650Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $39,750Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $39,960Battle Creek, MI — $40,000Bend, OR — $40,000Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $40,050Bellingham, WA — $40,590Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $40,680Springfield, IL — $41,600Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $41,730Bangor, ME — $42,040Corvallis, OR — $42,170Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $42,290Kennewick-Richland, WA — $42,340Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $42,630Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $42,800Boulder, CO — $43,020San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $43,140Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $43,200San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $43,690New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $43,970Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,150Napa, CA — $44,370Bozeman, MT — $45,150Lincoln, NE — $45,280Helena, MT — $46,610Bloomington, IL — $47,210Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,210Champaign-Urbana, IL — $48,390

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 Washington metro area has the 28th-highest published median for this occupation among the 240 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, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals$50,100First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers$59,910Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products$39,170Agricultural Inspectors$63,970Agricultural Workers, All Other$40,220

Highest-paying metro areas for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouses · Highest-paying occupations in Washington 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.