Farming

Industry Group

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Workforce
1.24M
2019 BLS Estimate
Average Employee Age
42.2
Estimated Job Growth
5.34%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$36,402
Average Male Salary
$39,830
Average Female Salary
$37,997

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The top three occupations in the Farming Industry Group are Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers, and Graders & sorters, agricultural products. On average, full-time employees in the Farming Industry Group work 47 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $39,884. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $15,903.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Farming Industry Group are Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA, Salinas City PUMA, CA, and Selma, Kerman & Coalinga Cities PUMA, CA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Farming.

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A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Farming Industry Group. Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders are the most common position, but the Farming Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Farming goes to Other financial clerks.

Monthly Employment

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4.73%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 7.99M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 4.73% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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Occupations by Share

1.24M
Workforce (BLS Estimate)
ACS Estimate: 848k
−2.87%
1 Year Growth
± 3.84%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 1.24M people employed in the Farming Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Farming Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −2.87%, , from 873k people in 2019 to 848k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Farming by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders represent the largest share of positions held in Farming at 52.5%, followed by Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers with 18.9% and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers with 3.11%.

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Average Salary

$36,402
AVERAGE WAGE
± $1,210

On average, employees in the Farming Industry Group make $36,402 per year. This number makes Farming the 229 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Farming Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.458
WAGE GINI

Farming has a wage GINI of 0.458, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Farming (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Spatial Concentration

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Farming Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Farming Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Farming Industry Group.

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Demographic information on the Farming Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $39,830 and $37,997. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

213k
FEMALE WORKFORCE
±11.3k
634k
MALE WORKFORCE
±19.5k

74.8% of workers in the Farming Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Farming Industry Group.

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$39,830
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$1,489
$37,997
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$1,421

On average, Male workers in the Farming Industry Group make 1.05 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Farming Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY
  1. White
  2. Asian
  3. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

On average, White employees in the Farming Industry Group earn 1.09 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Farming Industry Group.

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Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Farming Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Farming Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Farming Industry Group 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Farming is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.
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Intermediate Inputs

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

The Farming Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

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

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Farming Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Farming Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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timeline-line-chartProjections

Growth projections of the Crop production 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 Crop production industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 5.34%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (22.1%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Crop production.
5.34%
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 Crop production. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Crop production.
22.1%
Estimate Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Crop production industry.

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