Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting

Industry Sub-Sector

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    Workforce Population
    1.52M
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    42.4
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    0.0945%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $48,390
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $52,539
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $36,825
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector are miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, and driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector work 46.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $53,352. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $21,242.

    The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector are Fresno County (West)--Selma, Kerman & Coalinga Cities PUMA, CA, Tulare County (Outside Visalia, Tulare & Porterville Cities) PUMA, CA, and Kern County (West)--Delano, Wasco & Shafter Cities PUMA, CA.

    The workforce of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector in 2024 was 1,521,370 people, with 26.4% woman, and 73.6% men.

    In 2024, 59% of the workforce in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector was White (897,092 people), of which 25.9% were women and 74.1% men.

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    Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining

    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

    The workforce in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector was 1,521,370 people and is concentrated in California (343,969 workers). The average annual salary was $48,390, being $21,488 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    3.88%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (344k), Texas (80.4k), and Washington (79.5k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $48,390, $21,488 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

    The graph shows the position of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.452
    WAGE GINI

    Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting has a wage GINI of 0.452, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

    Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders are the most common position with 637,255 workers, but the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

    The highest average salary in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting goes to Chief executives & legislators.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders (637,255 people), farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers (284,461 people), and driver/sales workers & truck drivers (47,330 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $52,539
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$1,407
    $36,825
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,599

    On average, Male workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector make 1.43 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

    The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

    The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry.

    California and Washington stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector.

    Industrial Flow

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

    Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector 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.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
    2. Manufacturing
    3. Wholesale trade

    The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector 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 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
    3. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services

    The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. California
      2,108
    2. Washington
      1,365
    3. Oregon
      1,352

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 26.4% corresponds to women and 73.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $52,539 and $36,825.

    60.1% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

    Gender and Age

    401,692
    Women
    26.4%
    1,119,678
    Men
    73.6%

    The workforce of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting industry in 2024 was 1,521,370 people, with 26.4% woman, and 73.6% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 59% of the workforce in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting industry was White (897,092 people), of which 25.9% were women and 74.1% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other and Two or More Races.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (455,642 people), some college (231,441 people), and secondary education (226,955 people).

    The chart shows the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting workforce by gender and educational level.

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 0.0945% in the next ten years. The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.0945%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (20.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (20.3%).

    Job Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting.
    0.0945%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    0.0945%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 0.0945%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting.
    20.3%
    Estimate Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry.

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