Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce Population

1.52M

2021

Average Employee Age

42.3

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−1.67%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$40,459

2021

Average Male Salary

$43,938

2021

Average Female Salary

$30,203

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector are miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, and driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector work 47.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $44,441. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $17,665.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector are Selma, Kerman & Coalinga Cities PUMA, CA, Tulare County (Outside Visalia, Tulare & Porterville Cities) PUMA, CA, and Delano, Wasco & Shafter Cities PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector in 2021 was 1,519,634 people, with 25.3% woman, and 74.7% men.

In 2021, 72.6% of the workforce in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector was White (1,102,589 people), of which 24.6% were women and 75.4% men.

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Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector was 1,519,634 people and is concentrated in California (350,817 workers). The average annual salary was $40,459, being $19,137 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.88%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (351k), Washington (81.6k), and Texas (81.1k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $40,459, $19,137 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.45

WAGE GINI

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting has a wage GINI of 0.45, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders are the most common position with 686,269 workers, but the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

The highest average salary in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders (686,269 people), farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers (268,019 people), and driver/sales workers & truck drivers (49,022 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$43,938

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,168

$30,203

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,457

On average, Male workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector make 1.45 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry.

California and Washington stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector is Manufacturing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
7,602
Washington
5,500
Oregon
5,270

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 25.3% corresponds to women and 74.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $43,938 and $30,203.

61.3% of workers have a high school or equivalent, secondary education or some college.

Gender and Age

384,926

Women

25.3%

1,134,708

Men

74.7%

The workforce of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting industry in 2021 was 1,519,634 people, with 25.3% woman, and 74.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting industry.

Races

In 2021, 72.6% of the workforce in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting industry was White (1,102,589 people), of which 24.6% were women and 75.4% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (455,104 people), secondary education (239,626 people), and some college (237,060 people).

The chart shows the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −1.67%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (19.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting.

−1.67%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.