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📊Broad Category

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Also known as: Cane Cutter, Carrot Harvester, Citrus Picker, Corn Picker, Cotton Picker, Crop Picker, Flower Picker, Greenhouse Transplanter, Harvest Worker, Harvester

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Wage & Employment (2024)

Median Wage

$35,690

per year

Mean Wage

$37,850

per year

Employment

262K

workers

Wage Range

$32,260 - $46,370

10th - 90th pct

Wage Distribution

$32,260Median: $35,690$46,370
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