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United States · BLS May 2025

First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers Salary

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 27,960 first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers across the country. Pay varies more by state than most people expect, and the state that pays most is not always the one that leaves most.

Median pay · the United States

$59,320A year, or $28.52 an hour.
Jobs counted27,960Wage and salary jobs
What first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers earn in the United States, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid$38,990$18.75
25th percentile$46,670$22.44
MedianHalf earn more, half less$59,320$28.52
75th percentile$75,290$36.20
90th percentileMost experienced and senior$91,770$44.12
MeanThe average, pulled up by the top$62,730$30.16
How we got this
  1. Median wage in the United StatesBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers earned more than this, half less.$59,320
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$28.52
  3. Jobs countedWage and salary jobs; the self-employed are not surveyed.27,960
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1

Which state pays first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers the most?

Minnesota pays a median of $81,480, New Mexico $50,160. That is a gap of $31,320 before either state's taxes or prices are counted.

  • Minnesota. Take-home there depends on Minnesota wage tax, which the salary-after-tax calculator computes on this median.
  • The nominal figure is not the comparison. A higher salary in an expensive state can leave less than a lower one somewhere cheap. Each state page adjusts for tax and price level.

Every state

First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers salary by state

Where first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers are paid most, by state median
StateJobsMedian a year
MinnesotaConcentration 0.43230$81,480
IndianaConcentration 0.38220$75,460
New HampshireConcentration 0.3540$74,420
GeorgiaConcentration 0.87770$70,560
IdahoConcentration 3.47530$69,360
VermontConcentration 0.6640$68,630
DelawareConcentration 0.7870$66,550
New YorkConcentration 0.3520$66,460
WashingtonConcentration 1.921,220$66,200
ColoradoConcentration 1.24640$66,030
MontanaConcentration 2.82260$64,990
ArizonaConcentration 0.83480$64,900
MaineConcentration 0.9100$64,290
ArkansasConcentration 1.02240$62,790
NebraskaConcentration 0.5290$62,620
WisconsinConcentration 0.62330$62,610
MarylandConcentration 0.39200$62,230
OklahomaConcentration 0.71220$62,040
KentuckyConcentration 0.9320$62,030
NevadaConcentration 0.48130$61,180
MissouriConcentration 0.81430$60,950
MississippiConcentration 2.13440$60,890
AlabamaConcentration 1.55590$60,710
HawaiiConcentration 2.06230$60,050
MassachusettsConcentration 0.6390$59,640
WyomingConcentration 0.8340$59,640
ConnecticutConcentration 0.260$59,460
IowaConcentration 1.3360$59,150
IllinoisConcentration 0.46510$59,030
LouisianaConcentration 1.4490$59,020
FloridaConcentration 0.52940$58,780
North CarolinaConcentration 0.64560$58,700
KansasConcentration 1.05270$58,670
PennsylvaniaConcentration 0.49530$58,570
OregonConcentration 2.37840$57,940
South DakotaConcentration 1.28110$57,880
New JerseyConcentration 0.35270$57,240
VirginiaConcentration 0.91670$56,990
South CarolinaConcentration 0.9370$56,730
CaliforniaConcentration 3.1910,450$56,280
MichiganConcentration 0.63500$55,460
OhioConcentration 0.38380$54,940
Rhode IslandConcentration 0.6160$53,770
West VirginiaConcentration 0.5470$53,190
TexasConcentration 0.451,150$53,170
TennesseeConcentration 0.29170$52,960
UtahConcentration 0.5160$52,760
New MexicoConcentration 1.4220$50,160

Common questions

First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers pay in the United States, answered

How much does a First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers make?

The median wage for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in the United States is $59,320 a year, or $28.52 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What do the highest-paid first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers earn?

The top tenth earn $91,770 a year or more, against $38,990 at the bottom tenth.

Experience, specialism, employer and the part of the United States someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers are there in the United States?

The survey counted 27,960 of these jobs in the United States for May 2025.

It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

Sources

Where this data comes from

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsMay 2025 estimates, cross-industry, wage and salary workersMay 2025 ↗