First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
SOC 45-1011 · 2024-2034
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $57,805per year
- Projected openings
- 23,740
- Projected change
- +3.3%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Reading Comprehension
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $94,589 | 180 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $82,588 | 370 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $79,216 | 220 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $75,403 | 90 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $73,849 | 670 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $72,336 | 90 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $69,680 | 760 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $69,587 | 170 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $68,887 | 140 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $68,661 | 530 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $65,634 | 710 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $65,161 | 420 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $64,183 | 770 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $63,421 | 680 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $62,042 | 390 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $61,079 | 1,060 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $60,920 | 3,220 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $60,837 | 1,500 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $59,777 | 880 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $59,777 | 690 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $59,684 | 810 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $57,698 | 900 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $55,937 | 2,750 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $55,186 | 520 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $55,114 | 400 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $54,167 | 510 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $53,528 | 290 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $51,521 | 2,180 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $51,212 | 1,920 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $50,667 | 2,870 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 50 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $39,954
- A quarter earn under
- $46,671
- Half earn under
- $57,805
- Three quarters earn under
- $76,210
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $93,845
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | $78,593 | 48,550 | +1.6% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | $96,308 | 45,620 | +4.8% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | $100,326 | 68,670 | +8% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers | $64,873 | 28,520 | +4.9% |
| First-line Supervisors of Entertainment And Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services | $54,978 | 19,590 | +9.9% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers | $63,027 | 34,020 | +4.4% |
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