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

The group’s own figures in Minnesota

MeasureValue
Occupation group code45-0000
Employment3,300
Jobs per 1,0001.13
Location quotient0.39
Mean annual wage$49,370
Median annual wage$47,920
Mean hourly wage$23.74
Median hourly wage$23.04
10th percentile annual wage$32,810
25th percentile annual wage$38,720
75th percentile annual wage$56,830
90th percentile annual wage$64,630

Detailed occupations in this group in Minnesota

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

OccupationEmploymentMedian annual wageMean annual wage10th percentile annual wage90th percentile annual wageMedian hourly wage
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse1,040$38,900$41,940$31,420$58,960$18.7
Agricultural Equipment Operators780$48,390$50,290$39,880$60,310$23.26
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals500$42,650$42,750$33,490$54,770$20.5
Logging Equipment Operators340$49,120$49,290$31,050$59,130$23.61
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers280$63,570$69,280$43,350$98,590$30.56
Agricultural Inspectors220$68,330$68,310$48,690$93,640$32.85
Animal Breeders40$48,670$49,610$41,610$55,230$23.4
Fallers**$58,260$61,230$58,250$68,480$28.01

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=27&OCC_CODE=45-0000. the group row is AREA 27 / OCC_CODE 45-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 27 / 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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