Skip to content

An independent salary reference. Not affiliated with BLS or any U.S. government agency.

Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse Salary in Illinois

Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse in Illinois earn a median annual salary of $40,400, which is +13.2% compared to the national median. There are 2,410 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Illinois (state).

$40,400
Illinois median annual wage
$19/hour median
+13.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $35,690
2,410
Local employment
0.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.23
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$31,860
25th
$35,320
Median
$40,400
75th
$45,990
90th
$53,230

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Illinois, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
100.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$40,417
Goods: 103.8%
Services: 85.0%
Rents: 93.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Wyoming$44,760Compare80
Nebraska$43,980Compare420
Maine$43,870Compare330
Montana$41,840Compare500
District of Columbia$41,610Compare40
Massachusetts$40,370Compare1,270

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Illinois

Illinois has salary data for 757 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is General Internal Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse in Illinois

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse are projected to change by -3.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 71,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.