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First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers — wages and employment

First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers earned a median annual wage of $59,330 in the United States in May 2024, with 29,530 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $59,330SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers earned a median annual wage of $59,330 in the United States in May 2024, with 29,530 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $39,610 or less, the best-paid tenth $90,840 or more. Since May 2020 the median moved from $50,080 to $59,330, +18.5 %. The best-paying state is Maryland at $76,670; the lowest Puerto Rico at $27,950. Among metropolitan areas, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA pays the highest median, $98,810. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code for May 2024 (the cap changes by year). Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
Maryland$76,670450
Georgia$74,7501,050
Oklahoma$74,550340
Arizona$70,910590
Idaho$69,300560
Vermont$68,81040
New York$68,160390
Indiana$66,990210
Alaska$66,70030
Mississippi$65,990510
Illinois$65,600310
Wisconsin$65,340230
Delaware$65,24090
Colorado$64,990740
Minnesota$63,570280
Maine$62,910160
New Hampshire$62,40060
Tennessee$61,040240
Washington$60,9301,140
Iowa$60,140530
Montana$59,990280
Wyoming$59,99050
Massachusetts$59,960530
Missouri$59,840420
Pennsylvania$59,750580
Michigan$59,650470
Nevada$59,490200
Virginia$59,310710
Louisiana$59,020360
Alabama$58,870580
Nebraska$58,510140
California$57,55010,680
North Carolina$57,410640
Utah$57,190130
South Carolina$56,980460
Texas$56,9401,290
Connecticut$56,47070
Kansas$56,250310
Oregon$55,370860
South Dakota$54,770140
Hawaii$54,770150
Rhode Island$54,080—
New Mexico$53,910130
Florida$53,1401,010
New Jersey$52,850440
West Virginia$51,370120
Ohio$50,630260
Kentucky$49,610300
Arkansas$47,650190
Puerto Rico$27,950120

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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