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

The group’s own figures in New York

MeasureValue
Occupation group code45-0000
Employment4,400
Jobs per 1,0000.461
Location quotient0.16
Mean annual wage$47,620
Median annual wage$42,640
Mean hourly wage$22.9
Median hourly wage$20.5
10th percentile annual wage$33,830
25th percentile annual wage$36,740
75th percentile annual wage$53,720
90th percentile annual wage$68,160

Detailed occupations in this group in New York

Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in New York, 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 New York.

OccupationEmploymentMedian annual wageMean annual wage10th percentile annual wage90th percentile annual wageMedian hourly wage
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse2,570$39,370$40,980$32,830$49,660$18.93
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers390$68,160$69,730$50,690$95,150$32.77
Logging Equipment Operators360$42,760$47,600$35,460$64,880$20.56
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals300$40,750$44,970$32,890$62,730$19.59
Agricultural Inspectors290$71,710$70,650$40,830$96,230$34.47
Animal Breeders220$50,440$55,480$42,090$71,040$24.25
Agricultural Equipment Operators130$51,100$55,680$43,680$78,990$24.57
Log Graders and Scalers30$42,850$43,680$34,160$57,990$20.6
Fallers**$35,820$36,270$31,270$40,320$17.22

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=36&OCC_CODE=45-0000. the group row is AREA 36 / OCC_CODE 45-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 36 / 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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