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

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals Salary in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.

Median annual wage$46,580
Median hourly wage$22.39

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $46,580 per year ($22.39 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,910 at the 10th percentile to $75,910 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area earn more than $46,580 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,050 and $54,910.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$35,910$40,050$46,580$54,910$75,910
Hourly$17.26$19.25$22.39$26.40$36.49

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

  • Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
    $46,580 median for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,050 to $54,910
  • $46,020 median for Minnesota; middle half earns $36,640 to $54,910
  • $36,670 median for United States; middle half earns $31,020 to $45,700

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

The median here is +1% vs Minnesota overall and +27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Other metro areas in Minnesota

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.

  • Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan areathis page
    $46,580 median for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,050 to $54,910
  • $47,950 median for Minneapolis metro area; middle half earns $23,150 to $55,640
  • $45,290 median for St. Cloud metro area; middle half earns $45,290 to $47,210

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

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

Highest-paying metro areas for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animalss · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area

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.