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Agricultural Equipment Operators — wages and employment

Agricultural Equipment Operators earned a median annual wage of $42,580 in the United States in May 2024, with 30,940 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $42,580SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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Agricultural Equipment Operators earned a median annual wage of $42,580 in the United States in May 2024, with 30,940 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $31,240 or less, the best-paid tenth $57,790 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $39,690 to $42,580, +7.3 %. The best-paying state is Montana at $53,900; the lowest Puerto Rico at $20,560. Among metropolitan areas, Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN pays the highest median, $54,020. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. 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
Montana$53,90080
New York$51,100130
Delaware$50,45060
Ohio$49,070970
Indiana$48,930830
Iowa$48,6901,710
Minnesota$48,390780
North Dakota$47,640300
Wisconsin$47,520670
Maine$47,50040
Illinois$46,8102,310
New Jersey$46,650—
Missouri$46,6101,080
South Dakota$45,890230
Virginia$45,740200
Nebraska$45,6901,070
Kentucky$44,700230
Idaho$44,700350
Kansas$44,510890
Colorado$42,940110
Michigan$42,600670
South Carolina$42,580190
Utah$42,06060
Pennsylvania$41,660450
Maryland$41,440330
North Carolina$40,300570
California$40,1308,480
Tennessee$39,980550
Washington$39,980860
Oregon$39,730330
Hawaii$39,44070
Massachusetts$39,31060
Vermont$36,61050
Florida$35,510920
New Mexico$35,460190
Georgia$34,770890
Oklahoma$34,340210
Arizona$34,2701,020
Mississippi$30,570400
Arkansas$30,380670
Texas$29,9301,480
Alabama$29,410280
Puerto Rico$20,56090

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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