Agricultural Workers, All Other
SOC 45-2099 · 2024-2034
All agricultural workers not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $54,528per year
- Projected openings
- 2,550
- Projected change
- +6.3%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $61,949 | 40 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $57,811 | 100 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $51,048 | 210 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $49,411 | 70 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $49,411 | 120 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $42,380 | 330 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $40,795 | 170 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $38,602 | 190 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $37,027 | 150 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $37,027 | 90 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | Not reported | 260 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $35,517
- A quarter earn under
- $39,307
- Half earn under
- $54,528
- Three quarters earn under
- $76,909
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $84,776
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.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $36,544 | 373,450 | -2.1% |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $39,687 | 26,520 | +0.6% |
| Agricultural Equipment Operators | $39,872 | 26,200 | +7.4% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | $57,805 | 23,740 | +3.3% |
| Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | $37,314 | 11,300 | -5.7% |
| Forest and Conservation Workers | $44,863 | 5,760 | 0% |