Farming

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Workforce Population

879k

2024

Average Employee Age

42.4

2024

Estimated Job Growth

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$46,295

2024

Average Male Salary

$50,711

2024

Average Female Salary

$34,446

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Farming Industry Group are miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, and driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Farming Industry Group work 45.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $51,112. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21 hours and earn an average annual salary of $20,290.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Farming Industry Group are Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA, Tulare County (Outside Visalia, Tulare & Porterville Cities) PUMA, CA, and Fresno County (West)--Selma, Kerman & Coalinga Cities PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Farming Industry Group in 2024 was 878,505 people, with 27.2% woman, and 72.8% men.

In 2024, 53.4% of the workforce in the Farming Industry Group was White (469,243 people), of which 25.6% were women and 74.4% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Farming Industry Group.

The workforce in Farming Industry Group was 878,505 people and is concentrated in California (253,251 workers). The average annual salary was $46,295, being $23,583 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.88%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (253k), Washington (54.5k), and Florida (44.5k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Farming Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Farming Industry Group had an average annual wage of $46,295, $23,583 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Farming Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.459

WAGE GINI

Farming has a wage GINI of 0.459, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Farming (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Farming Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Farming Industry Group.

Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders are the most common position with 422,365 workers, but the Farming Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

The highest average salary in Farming goes to Other financial clerks.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Farming Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders (422,365 people), farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers (176,183 people), and driver/sales workers & truck drivers (25,184 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$50,711

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,858

$34,446

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,884

On average, Male workers in the Farming Industry Group make 1.47 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Farming Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Farming Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Farming Industry Group.

The Farming Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Farming is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Farming Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Farming Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Farming is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade

The Farming Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Farming is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Farming Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Farming Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Farming Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 27.2% corresponds to women and 72.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $50,711 and $34,446.

58.5% of workers have a high school or equivalent, secondary education or some college.

Gender and Age

238,537

Women

27.2%

639,968

Men

72.8%

The workforce of Farming industry in 2024 was 878,505 people, with 27.2% woman, and 72.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Farming industry.

Races

In 2024, 53.4% of the workforce in the Farming industry was White (469,243 people), of which 25.6% were women and 74.4% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Farming workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (250,098 people), secondary education (136,598 people), and some college (126,980 people).

The chart shows the Farming workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Crop Production industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 2% in the next ten years. The Crop Production industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 2%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (14.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (14.8%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Crop Production.

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Crop Production. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 2%, the average rate of national job growth.