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

The group’s own figures in Vermont

MeasureValue
Occupation group code45-0000
Employment530
Jobs per 1,0001.752
Location quotient0.61
Mean annual wage$48,940
Median annual wage$48,680
Mean hourly wage$23.53
Median hourly wage$23.41
10th percentile annual wage$33,590
25th percentile annual wage$35,370
75th percentile annual wage$58,460
90th percentile annual wage$67,760

Detailed occupations in this group in Vermont

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

OccupationEmploymentMedian annual wageMean annual wage10th percentile annual wage90th percentile annual wageMedian hourly wage
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse170$35,860$40,090$33,030$57,700$17.24
Logging Equipment Operators90$55,050$50,570$32,900$60,940$26.47
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals70$47,230$49,640$33,050$69,560$22.71
Agricultural Inspectors60$61,080$63,960$47,300$87,920$29.37
Agricultural Equipment Operators50$36,610$42,480$35,150$52,190$17.6
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers40$68,810$71,990$58,000$87,350$33.08

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=50&OCC_CODE=45-0000. the group row is AREA 50 / OCC_CODE 45-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 50 / 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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