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Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers in Mississippi

Get the information you need to know about working as a Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworker and Laborer.

-1% Jobs Projection
$23,020 Median Salary
760 Job Openings

While jobs for Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers in Mississippi are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

  • Employment for Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers in Mississippi is expected to decrease.

  • Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers in Mississippi earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers Work in Mississippi?

670 people worked as Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers in 2018 in this state.

There were 530 Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 140 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 1,020 Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers working in it, which means Mississippi has fewer Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers than average.

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Job Projections for Mississippi

Jobs for Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers in this state are declining at a rate of 1.2% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of 1.1%.

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Mississippi Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates there will be 760 annual job openings, and 5,020 total jobs in 2026 for Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers in this state.

Nationwide, the prediction is 76,800 annual jobs and 509,200 total jobs in 2026.

What do Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers Make in Mississippi?

In 2018 wages for Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers ranged from $17,110 to $35,400 with $23,020 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $8.22 to $17.02. The median hourly rate was $11.07.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $11.06 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.01.

The median salary in Mississippi is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Mississippi Metros for Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Jackson, MS 180 $24,700
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 160 $22,760

Top States for Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers Employment

View the list below to see where most Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 194,850 $24,240
Washington 11,100 $27,560
Florida 10,670 $22,210
Arizona 10,290 $23,100
Oregon 5,750 $24,900
Texas 4,540 $21,170
Colorado 3,840 $29,850
Georgia 3,200 $21,400
New York 3,040 $29,910
North Carolina 2,650 $23,040
Michigan 2,650 $23,470
Pennsylvania 2,510 $26,930
New Jersey 2,400 $24,870
Idaho 2,350 $22,600
Ohio 2,060 $23,200
Illinois 2,030 $27,250
New Mexico 1,670 $19,090
Louisiana 1,520 $23,990
Wisconsin 1,450 $23,720
Iowa 1,330 $28,080

Below are the states where Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $38,850
Wyoming $32,890
Vermont $32,360
Massachusetts $31,310
Oklahoma $30,540
Hawaii $30,420
New York $29,910
Colorado $29,850
Nebraska $29,820
Minnesota $29,520

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