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Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals · SOC 45-2093

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals Salary in the Houston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area

Figures describe the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Houston city limits.

Median annual wage$35,850
Median hourly wage$17.24

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earned a median of $35,850 per year ($17.24 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $26,180 at the 10th percentile to $52,370 at the 90th. BLS estimates 460 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in the Houston metro area earn more than $35,850 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,800 and $45,070.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$26,180$29,800$35,850$45,070$52,370
Hourly$12.59$14.33$17.24$21.67$25.18

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

  • Houston metro areathis metro area
    $35,850
  • Texasstate (TX)
    $33,920
  • United Statesnational
    $36,670

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

The median here is +6% vs Texas overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$24,140$36,940$49,740$62,540Oklahoma City, OK — $24,140Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $27,440Wausau, WI — $28,030McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $28,320Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $28,530Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $28,950Wichita, KS — $29,130Appleton, WI — $29,380Pittsburgh, PA — $29,400College Station-Bryan, TX — $29,480Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $29,530Jefferson City, MO — $29,650Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $29,790Toledo, OH — $30,010Amarillo, TX — $30,070Akron, OH — $30,200San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $30,280Green Bay, WI — $30,410San Angelo, TX — $30,570Killeen-Temple, TX — $30,730Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $30,850Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,200Knoxville, TN — $31,200Twin Falls, ID — $31,200Huntsville, AL — $31,360Tucson, AZ — $31,670Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $32,120Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $32,670Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $32,870Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $32,950Cleveland, OH — $33,540Flagstaff, AZ — $33,720Ocala, FL — $33,800Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $33,950Longview, TX — $34,190Columbus, OH — $34,220Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $34,320Tyler, TX — $34,320Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,480Stockton-Lodi, CA — $34,880Grand Junction, CO — $34,940Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $35,030Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,140Waco, TX — $35,140Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $35,300Greeley, CO — $35,360Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $35,360Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $35,570Kansas City, MO-KS — $35,710Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $35,760San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $35,760Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $35,790Visalia, CA — $35,830Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $35,850Merced, CA — $35,900Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $35,920Fresno, CA — $36,090Worcester, MA — $36,290Albuquerque, NM — $36,390Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $36,400Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $36,470Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $36,640Lancaster, PA — $36,670Missoula, MT — $36,670Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $36,820Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $36,820Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $36,940Modesto, CA — $36,980Billings, MT — $37,010Manhattan, KS — $37,020Birmingham, AL — $37,090Springfield, MO — $37,150St. Louis, MO-IL — $37,420Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $37,460State College, PA — $37,540Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,720Reno, NV — $37,740Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $37,860Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $37,870Colorado Springs, CO — $38,100Madison, WI — $38,270Lebanon, PA — $38,280New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $38,350Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $38,410Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $38,610Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,700Omaha, NE-IA — $39,100Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $39,310Lexington-Fayette, KY — $39,330Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $39,810Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $40,120Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $40,180Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $40,320Yakima, WA — $40,660Auburn-Opelika, AL — $41,270Raleigh-Cary, NC — $41,360Salem, OR — $41,400Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $41,570Bellingham, WA — $41,770Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $42,370Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $42,390Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $42,590San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $42,910Bend, OR — $43,220Urban Honolulu, HI — $43,560Charlottesville, VA — $43,960San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $44,300Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $44,750Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $44,930San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $45,140St. Cloud, MN — $45,290Boise City, ID — $45,670Montgomery, AL — $45,700Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $45,970Greensboro-High Point, NC — $46,130Boulder, CO — $46,260Chattanooga, TN-GA — $46,580North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,860Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,430Topeka, KS — $47,490Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $47,950Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $48,870Richmond, VA — $48,880Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $50,100Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $59,900Salinas, CA — $62,540

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 Houston metro area has the 73rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 126 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 Texas

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Houston metro areathis page
    $35,850
  • Austin metro area
    $36,470
  • Waco metro area
    $35,140
  • Dallas metro area
    $35,030
  • Tyler metro area
    $34,320
  • Longview metro area
    $34,190
  • Killeen metro area
    $30,730

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:

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse$33,290First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers$56,900Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products$34,320Logging Equipment Operators$63,580Agricultural Inspectors$82,200

Highest-paying metro areas for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animalss · Highest-paying occupations in Houston 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.