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Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations in Indiana, 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 Indiana. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.

The group’s own figures in Indiana

MeasureValue
Occupation group code45-0000
Employment3,250
Jobs per 1,0001.019
Location quotient0.36
Mean annual wage$45,900
Median annual wage$44,670
Mean hourly wage$22.07
Median hourly wage$21.48
10th percentile annual wage$29,460
25th percentile annual wage$37,120
75th percentile annual wage$51,500
90th percentile annual wage$63,190

Detailed occupations in this group in Indiana

Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Indiana, 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 Indiana.

OccupationEmploymentMedian annual wageMean annual wage10th percentile annual wage90th percentile annual wageMedian hourly wage
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse1,170$37,930$39,470$24,960$51,870$18.24
Agricultural Equipment Operators830$48,930$50,980$38,590$69,680$23.52
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals380$38,120$37,350$23,370$45,980$18.33
Agricultural Inspectors220$48,420$50,100$36,370$67,950$23.28
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers210$66,990$67,380$37,490$93,580$32.21
Logging Equipment Operators190$45,920$47,190$36,180$61,100$22.08
Log Graders and Scalers80$46,300$52,650$38,540$68,710$22.26
Fallers50$61,140$53,480$28,050$65,760$29.39
Forest and Conservation Workers40$40,140$40,520$30,880$52,160$19.3
Agricultural Workers, All Other**$52,070$62,800$40,470$93,300$25.03

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=18&OCC_CODE=45-0000. the group row is AREA 18 / OCC_CODE 45-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 18 / 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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