Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2023 Workforce
886k
Average Age
40.2
Average Salary
$34,226
Average Male Salary
$37,269
Average Female Salary
$25,469

About

Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations are most often employed by the Farming industry. The average yearly wage for Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations was $34,226 in 2023.

The locations that employ the most Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations are Tulare County (Outside Visalia, Tulare & Porterville Cities) PUMA, CA, Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA, and Kern County (West)--Delano, Wasco & Shafter Cities PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations are N/A.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workforce. Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workforce in 2023 was 885,519 people, of which 25.8% were women and 74.2% were men. Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations are paid most in Montgomery County (Southeast)--Kettering & Centerville Cities PUMA, OH but are relatively concentrated in N/A.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
657,170
Male Workforce
± 19.9k
228,349
Female Workforce
± 11.7k

The Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workforce in 2023 was 885,519 people (25.8% women and 74.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of −12.6% between 2014 (1,013,721) and 2023 (885,519).

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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 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Maine ($56,604), South Dakota ($52,222), and Rhode Island ($51,541).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$34,226
AVERAGE WAGE
#13 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations earned an average of $34,226, $33,500 less than the average national salary of $67,727

Wage Distribution

Gender
0.39
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.39, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. 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).

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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 Electric & gas, and other combinations ($138,037).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
886k
2023 Workforce
± 23,037
−3.19%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 3.77%

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 62.6%, followed by Animal production & aquaculture with 25.5% and Support activities for agriculture & forestry with 7.56%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in the US. The workforce of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in 2023 was 885,519 people, with 25.8% woman, and 74.2% men. The average age of male Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in the workforce is 40.5 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 2023 was 885,519 people, with 25.8% woman, and 74.2% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were N/A years (N/A people), N/A years (N/A  people), and N/A years (N/A people). Among them they concentrated N/A% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In N/A, N/A% of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workers were Hispanic and N/A% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (84.1%), Guatemalan (3.82)%, and Puerto Rican (3.66)%

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Races

In N/A, 52.1% of the Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations workforce were White, of which N/A% were women and N/A% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other (22.5%) and Two or More Races (17.9%).

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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 2023 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

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Agriculture (18,667 people), Business (10,765 people), and Biology (5,851 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 (275,412 people), Secondary Education (176,750 people), and Primary Education (146,157 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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