First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers salary
SOC 45-1011 · BLS OEWS May 2025
What the range looks like
A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.
- 10th
- $38,990
- 25th
- $46,670
- Median
- $59,320
- 75th
- $75,290
- 90th
- $91,770
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Related work experience
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- None
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers earn the most
Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | State | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | $81,480 | 98.6 | 230 | 0.43× |
| 2 | Indiana | $75,460 | 93.3 | 220 | 0.38× |
| 3 | New Hampshire | $74,420 | 104.2 | 40 | 0.35× |
| 4 | Georgia | $70,560 | 96.3 | 770 | 0.87× |
| 5 | Idaho | $69,360 | 95.5 | 530 | 3.47× |
| 6 | Vermont | $68,630 | 98.0 | 40 | 0.66× |
| 7 | Delaware | $66,550 | 99.8 | 70 | 0.78× |
| 8 | New York | $66,460 | 107.9 | 520 | 0.30× |
| 9 | Washington | $66,200 | 107.0 | 1,220 | 1.92× |
| 10 | Colorado | $66,030 | 103.1 | 640 | 1.24× |
| 11 | Montana | $64,990 | 94.6 | 260 | 2.82× |
| 12 | Arizona | $64,900 | 100.7 | 480 | 0.83× |
| 13 | Maine | $64,290 | 97.0 | 100 | 0.90× |
| 14 | Arkansas | $62,790 | 86.9 | 240 | 1.02× |
| 15 | Nebraska | $62,620 | 90.1 | 90 | 0.52× |
| 16 | Wisconsin | $62,610 | 94.1 | 330 | 0.62× |
| 17 | Maryland | $62,230 | 105.0 | 200 | 0.39× |
| 18 | Oklahoma | $62,040 | 87.8 | 220 | 0.71× |
| 19 | Kentucky | $62,030 | 90.2 | 320 | 0.90× |
| 20 | Nevada | $61,180 | 100.0 | 130 | 0.48× |
| 21 | Missouri | $60,950 | 90.8 | 430 | 0.81× |
| 22 | Mississippi | $60,890 | 87.0 | 440 | 2.13× |
| 23 | Alabama | $60,710 | 88.8 | 590 | 1.55× |
| 24 | Hawaii | $60,050 | 110.0 | 230 | 2.06× |
| 25 | Massachusetts | $59,640 | 105.8 | 390 | 0.60× |
| 26 | Wyoming | $59,640 | 92.7 | 40 | 0.83× |
| 27 | Connecticut | $59,460 | 103.6 | 60 | 0.20× |
| 28 | Iowa | $59,150 | 87.8 | 360 | 1.30× |
| 29 | Illinois | $59,030 | 100.0 | 510 | 0.46× |
| 30 | Louisiana | $59,020 | 88.2 | 490 | 1.40× |
| 31 | Florida | $58,780 | 103.4 | 940 | 0.52× |
| 32 | North Carolina | $58,700 | 94.3 | 560 | 0.64× |
| 33 | Kansas | $58,670 | 90.1 | 270 | 1.05× |
| 34 | Pennsylvania | $58,570 | 97.6 | 530 | 0.49× |
| 35 | Oregon | $57,940 | 103.4 | 840 | 2.37× |
| 36 | South Dakota | $57,880 | 88.6 | 110 | 1.28× |
| 37 | New Jersey | $57,240 | 108.8 | 270 | 0.35× |
| 38 | Virginia | $56,990 | 101.1 | 670 | 0.91× |
| 39 | South Carolina | $56,730 | 93.7 | 370 | 0.90× |
| 40 | California | $56,280 | 110.7 | 10,450 | 3.19× |
| 41 | Michigan | $55,460 | 96.2 | 500 | 0.63× |
| 42 | Ohio | $54,940 | 92.8 | 380 | 0.38× |
| 43 | Rhode Island | $53,770 | 102.3 | 60 | 0.61× |
| 44 | West Virginia | $53,190 | 89.5 | 70 | 0.54× |
| 45 | Texas | $53,170 | 97.1 | 1,150 | 0.45× |
| 46 | Tennessee | $52,960 | 91.9 | 170 | 0.29× |
| 47 | Utah | $52,760 | 98.9 | 160 | 0.50× |
| 48 | New Mexico | $50,160 | 92.2 | 220 | 1.40× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers
The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | Metro area | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $92,560 | 104.8 | 110 | 0.30× |
| 2 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $91,820 | 95.7 | 50 | 0.26× |
| 3 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | $82,040 | 98.3 | 40 | 3.05× |
| 4 | Yuma, AZ | $79,040 | 92.7 | — | — |
| 5 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $77,070 | 110.4 | 120 | 0.57× |
| 6 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $76,760 | 100.1 | 150 | 0.30× |
| 7 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $76,600 | 97.5 | 30 | 4.17× |
| 8 | Bozeman, MT | $75,860 | 102.5 | 30 | 2.36× |
| 9 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $74,690 | 115.6 | 130 | 0.30× |
| 10 | Redding, CA | $74,530 | 100.7 | 50 | 3.94× |
| 11 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $74,370 | 100.1 | 130 | 5.51× |
| 12 | Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | $74,360 | 103.9 | 110 | 12.00× |
| 13 | Napa, CA | $73,540 | 112.6 | 350 | 25.31× |
| 14 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $73,480 | 113.6 | 520 | 0.46× |
| 15 | Greeley, CO | $73,080 | 100.2 | 50 | 2.15× |
| 16 | Jacksonville, FL | $71,260 | 99.5 | 40 | 0.28× |
| 17 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $70,120 | 112.6 | 380 | 0.22× |
| 18 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $69,250 | 100.3 | 50 | 1.18× |
| 19 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $68,810 | 106.7 | 290 | 1.48× |
| 20 | Boise City, ID | $68,330 | 98.4 | 120 | 1.69× |
| 21 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $67,800 | 95.1 | 120 | 0.48× |
| 22 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $66,910 | 100.9 | 30 | 0.22× |
| 23 | Tulsa, OK | $65,760 | 89.2 | 40 | 0.46× |
| 24 | Chico, CA | $65,500 | 101.2 | 70 | 4.70× |
| 25 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $65,310 | 91.9 | 50 | 1.11× |
| 26 | Idaho Falls, ID | $65,190 | 94.4 | 60 | 4.33× |
| 27 | Oklahoma City, OK | $64,990 | 90.4 | 70 | 0.60× |
| 28 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $64,970 | 92.7 | 40 | 1.93× |
| 29 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $64,940 | 105.8 | 190 | 0.65× |
| 30 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $64,640 | 111.9 | 180 | 0.66× |
| 31 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $64,480 | 111.1 | 200 | 0.54× |
| 32 | El Centro, CA | $64,150 | 95.2 | 240 | 20.69× |
| 33 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $63,420 | 101.1 | 40 | 1.44× |
| 34 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $62,700 | 103.2 | 40 | 1.31× |
| 35 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $62,560 | 109.4 | 30 | 0.71× |
| 36 | Salinas, CA | $62,030 | 109.0 | 1,240 | 37.07× |
| 37 | Yakima, WA | $61,970 | 95.5 | 220 | 12.41× |
| 38 | Modesto, CA | $61,660 | 104.1 | 250 | 7.22× |
| 39 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $61,500 | 87.7 | 40 | 2.05× |
| 40 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $61,500 | 107.8 | 220 | 5.95× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.