Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    865k
    Average Age
    40.1
    Average Salary
    $35,100
    Average Male Salary
    $38,226
    Average Female Salary
    $26,325

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    Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations are most often employed by the Farming industry. The average yearly wage for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations was $35,100 in 2024.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workforce. Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workforce in 2024 was 865,095 people, of which 26.3% were women and 73.7% were men.

    Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations are paid most in Spokane County (East Central)--Greater Spokane Valley City PUMA, WA but are relatively concentrated in Tulare County (Outside Visalia, Tulare & Porterville Cities) PUMA, CA.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    637,843
    Male Workforce
    ± 19.6k
    227,252
    Female Workforce
    ± 11.7k

    The Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workforce in 2024 was 865,095 people (26.3% women and 73.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of −14.7% between 2014 (1,013,721) and 2024 (865,095).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Maine ($54,360), South Dakota ($53,828), and Alaska ($49,417).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $35,100
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #15 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations earned an average of $35,100, $34,778 less than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2014.

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.395
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.395, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Farming is the industry that employs the most Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($153,208).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    865k
    2024 Workforce
    ± 22,771
    −2.31%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 3.79%

    This graphic shows the share of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations employed by various industries. Farming employs the largest share of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations at 63.7%, followed by Animal production & aquaculture with 25.1% and Support activities for agriculture & forestry with 7.26%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in the US. The workforce of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in 2024 was 865,095 people, with 26.3% woman, and 73.7% men. The average age of male Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in the workforce is 40.4 and of female Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations is 39.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in 2024 was 865,095 people, with 26.3% woman, and 73.7% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (100,157 people), 20 to 24 years (99,038  people), and 30 to 34 years (96,252 people). Among them they concentrated 34.2% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 53.3% of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workers were Hispanic and 46.7% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (83.2%), Guatemalan (3.95)%, and Puerto Rican (3.74)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 45.5% of the Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workforce were White, of which 24.1% were women and 75.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other (24.5%) and Two or More Races (22.3%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations is Agriculture but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Agriculture.

    Among the necessary skills for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations, Coordination stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations need more than the average amount of Repairing.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Agriculture (18,463 people), Business (10,832 people), and Biology (6,213 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (272,107 people), Secondary Education (173,668 people), and Primary Education (131,974 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations need many skills, but most especially Coordination, Critical Thinking, Speaking.

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