Farming & Agriculture
First-Line Farming Supervisors
SOC 45-1011
Lead farm and ranch crews and plan the season's work.
The job
Median pay
$59k
$47k to $75k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.8% projected
Openings a year
7k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
13th pct
More exposed than 13% of occupations · modeled estimate · 14th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
52/100
Key skills
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Learning Strategies
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 10,450 | 0.6 | 3.2× | $56k |
| Washington | 1,220 | 0.3 | 1.9× | $66k |
| Texas | 1,150 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $53k |
| Florida | 940 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $59k |
| Oregon | 840 | 0.4 | 2.4× | $58k |
| Georgia | 770 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $71k |
| Virginia | 670 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $57k |
| Colorado | 640 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $66k |
| Alabama | 590 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $61k |
| North Carolina | 560 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $59k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 530 | 0.6 | 3.4× | $69k |
| Pennsylvania | 530 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $59k |
| New York | 520 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $66k |
| Illinois | 510 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $59k |
| Michigan | 500 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $55k |
| Louisiana | 490 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $59k |
| Arizona | 480 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $65k |
| Mississippi | 440 | 0.4 | 2.1× | $61k |
| Missouri | 430 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $61k |
| Massachusetts | 390 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $60k |
| Ohio | 380 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $55k |
| South Carolina | 370 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $57k |
| Iowa | 360 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $59k |
| Wisconsin | 330 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $63k |
| Kentucky | 320 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $62k |
| Kansas | 270 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $59k |
| New Jersey | 270 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $57k |
| Montana | 260 | 0.5 | 2.8× | $65k |
| Arkansas | 240 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $63k |
| Hawaii | 230 | 0.4 | 2.0× | $60k |
| Minnesota | 230 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $81k |
| Indiana | 220 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $75k |
| New Mexico | 220 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $50k |
| Oklahoma | 220 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $62k |
| Maryland | 200 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $62k |
| Tennessee | 170 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $53k |
| Utah | 160 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $53k |
| Nevada | 130 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $61k |
| South Dakota | 110 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $58k |
| Maine | 100 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $64k |
| Nebraska | 90 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $63k |
| Delaware | 70 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $67k |
| West Virginia | 70 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $53k |
| North Dakota | 63 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $75k~ |
| Connecticut | 60 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $59k |
| Rhode Island | 60 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $54k |
| New Hampshire | 40 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $74k |
| Vermont | 40 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $69k |
| Wyoming | 40 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $60k |
| Alaska | 22 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $83k~ |
| Washington DC | 8 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $115k~ |
Top metro areas
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA1,430 jobs · $47k median
- Fresno, CA1,340 jobs · $49k median
- Salinas, CA1,240 jobs · $62k median
- Visalia, CA990 jobs · $48k median
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA710 jobs · $49k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA520 jobs · $73k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ380 jobs · $70k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA370 jobs · $57k median
Explore the rankings
Explore First-Line Farming Supervisors interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.