Occupational Employment and Wages, 2002

45-2091 Agricultural Equipment Operators

Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. May perform tasks, such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks, such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
21,830	6.2 %	$9.25	$19,240	1.8 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$6.11	$6.96	$8.31	$10.78	$13.89
Annual Wage (2)	$12,710	$14,470	$17,290	$22,420	$28,890

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Support activities for crop production	15,070	$8.61	$17,910	1	20
Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,240	$11.28	$23,460	2	9
Beverage manufacturing	590	$11.21	$23,320	3	10
Farm product raw material merch. whls.	550	$11.49	$23,910	4	7
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty	490	$9.37	$19,490	5	17

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Dairy product manufacturing	80	$14.53	$30,220	17	1
Agricultural chemical manufacturing	130	$13.91	$28,940	14	2
Colleges and universities	170	$12.08	$25,130	11	3
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores	260	$11.96	$24,880	8	4
Electronic markets and agents and brokers	230	$11.71	$24,370	9	5

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Arkansas	690	$8.21	$17,090	0.062%	553
Iowa	740	$10.85	$22,560	0.052%	491
Nebraska	420	$10.81	$22,490	0.048%	444
California	6,160	$9.61	$19,990	0.043%	649
Arizona	840	$8.52	$17,720	0.037%	574

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Maryland	30	$14.67	$30,520	0.001%	407
Pennsylvania	230	$12.39	$25,760	0.004%	526
Indiana	120	$12.34	$25,660	0.004%	495
Kansas	380	$11.79	$24,520	0.029%	445
Minnesota	590	$11.72	$24,370	0.023%	546

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Yuma, AZ MSA	350	$8.70	$18,100	0.684%
Bakersfield, CA MSA	1,250	$8.61	$17,900	0.546%
Fresno, CA MSA	1,320	$8.09	$16,830	0.380%
Merced, CA MSA	190	$9.28	$19,300	0.314%
Salinas, CA MSA	420	$11.40	$23,710	0.278%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA	90	$13.37	$27,800	0.005%
Atlanta, GA MSA	50	$12.59	$26,190	0.002%
St. Cloud, MN MSA	30	$12.56	$26,120	0.033%
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA MSA	120	$12.51	$26,010	0.074%
Madison, WI MSA	40	$12.41	$25,810	0.014%

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Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.

(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

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Last Modified Date: November 26, 2003