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Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations in Alabama, May 2024

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 state estimates. BLS sorts every occupation into one of 22 major groups; this is the Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations group in Alabama. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.

The group’s own figures in Alabama

MeasureValue
Occupation group code45-0000
Employment6,150
Jobs per 1,0002.941
Location quotient1.03
Mean annual wage$43,420
Median annual wage$38,690
Mean hourly wage$20.88
Median hourly wage$18.6
10th percentile annual wage$27,760
25th percentile annual wage$32,860
75th percentile annual wage$49,850
90th percentile annual wage$62,100

Detailed occupations in this group in Alabama

Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Alabama, sorted by employment. Rows where BLS publishes no employment estimate (**) come last. Click a column heading to sort. A cell that reads “not published annually” or “not published hourly” means BLS publishes that row on the other basis only. A cell showing * or # is BLS’s own footnote symbol, explained below the table. Each row is that occupation’s own BLS record for Alabama.

OccupationEmploymentMedian annual wageMean annual wage10th percentile annual wage90th percentile annual wageMedian hourly wage
Logging Equipment Operators1,950$48,990$50,780$36,520$63,550$23.55
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals1,300$35,150$34,990$23,260$48,450$16.9
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products770$35,080$34,280$30,840$37,310$16.86
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse620$33,280$33,360$25,150$42,080$16
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers580$58,870$63,760$37,840$93,510$28.3
Agricultural Equipment Operators280$29,410$33,850$27,330$45,800$14.14
Agricultural Inspectors260$39,560$45,280$28,440$69,320$19.02
Log Graders and Scalers180$44,800$44,920$35,470$58,590$21.54
Logging Workers, All Other70$39,250$40,400$37,970$45,870$18.87
Animal Breeders50$29,140$41,540$25,110$68,540$14.01
Fallers50$57,090$58,860$49,140$79,280$27.45

Symbols (BLS wording, workbook sheet Field Descriptions sheet): ** indicates that an employment estimate is not available · * indicates that a wage estimate is not available · # indicates a wage equal to or greater than $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year. A wage shown as a symbol is not zero and not a blank: BLS publishes no number there.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 state estimates. Record: state_M2024_dl.xlsx!AREA=01&OCC_CODE=45-0000. the group row is AREA 01 / OCC_CODE 45-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 01 / OCC_CODE 45-xxxx. Reference period: May 2024. Fetched October 2026 from https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm24st.zip.

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