Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and GreenhouseWages in Auburn-Opelika, AL

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.

MAY 2025 · OCCUPATIONAL WAGES

A wage reference for Auburn-Opelika, AL.

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Source wage group: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

This wage group may include multiple detailed occupations. The figures are for the source group, which may be broader than Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. They are not an exact-title, employer, experience or seniority match.

May 2025 · USD · Auburn-Opelika, AL. Annual and hourly figures are shown only when the source publishes them; neither is calculated from the other.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage data, distributed through the O*NET® OnLine service.

Median annual wage$36,620USD per year · Published 50th percentile
Median hourly wage$17.61USD per hour · Published 50th percentile

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Published occupational wage percentiles · Auburn-Opelika, AL · May 2025
PercentileAnnual wage (USD/year)Hourly wage (USD/hour)
10th$24,660$11.86
25th$28,040$13.48
50th · Median$36,620$17.61
75th$38,720$18.61
90th$40,570$19.51

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