Farming & Agriculture
Greenhouse Growers
SOC 45-2041
Grow plants in greenhouse settings for commercial sale or research.
The job
Median pay
$36k
$34k to $38k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-3.4% projected
Openings a year
6k
BLS projection
Typical education
Associate's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
8/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
17th pct
More exposed than 17% of occupations · modeled estimate · 8th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
40/100
Key skills
- Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
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 | 5,750 | 0.3 | 1.9× | $36k |
| Washington | 2,830 | 0.8 | 4.9× | $35k |
| Texas | 1,950 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $36k |
| Georgia | 1,700 | 0.3 | 2.1× | $35k |
| Arkansas | 1,650 | 1.3 | 7.8× | $35k |
| Mississippi | 1,140 | 1.0 | 6.0× | $30k |
| Pennsylvania | 970 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $38k |
| Florida | 880 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $27k |
| Alabama | 840 | 0.4 | 2.5× | $35k |
| Oregon | 730 | 0.4 | 2.3× | $35k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 640 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $37k |
| Idaho | 600 | 0.7 | 4.3× | $28k |
| Missouri | 530 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $36k |
| North Carolina | 450 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $35k |
| Maryland | 430 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $42k |
| South Dakota | 380 | 0.8 | 5.1× | $40k |
| Nebraska | 330 | 0.3 | 2.0× | $46k |
| New York | 283 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $43k~ |
| Louisiana | 280 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $36k |
| North Dakota | 260 | 0.6 | 3.7× | $46k |
| Oklahoma | 260 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $35k |
| Colorado | 230 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $49k |
| South Carolina | 230 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $35k |
| Virginia | 230 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $35k |
| Illinois | 220 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $42k |
| New Jersey | 187 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $38k~ |
| Indiana | 183 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $44k~ |
| Arizona | 170 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $32k |
| Iowa | 170 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $42k |
| Kansas | 160 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $38k |
| Kentucky | 160 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $37k |
| Montana | 128 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $43k~ |
| Wisconsin | 110 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $33k |
| Michigan | 100 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $39k |
| Ohio | 100 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $39k |
| Utah | 100 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $43k |
| New Mexico | 90 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $30k |
| Hawaii | 83 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $42k~ |
| Nevada | 65 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $35k~ |
| West Virginia | 55 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $36k~ |
| Delaware | 50 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $39k~ |
| Wyoming | 43 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $38k~ |
| Connecticut | 42 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $37k~ |
| New Hampshire | 41 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $46k~ |
| Maine | 40 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $46k |
| Massachusetts | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $42k |
| Vermont | 31 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $46k~ |
| Minnesota | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $48k |
| Alaska | 20 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $50k~ |
| Rhode Island | 19 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $38k~ |
| Washington DC | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $69k~ |
Top metro areas
- Yakima, WA1,250 jobs · $35k median
- Fresno, CA950 jobs · $35k median
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA720 jobs · $35k median
- Visalia, CA540 jobs · $35k median
- Salinas, CA520 jobs · $37k median
- Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA460 jobs · $35k median
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR420 jobs · $36k median
- Kennewick-Richland, WA390 jobs · $36k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Greenhouse Growers 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.