SOC 45-2091 · Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations · May 2025

How much do Agricultural Equipment Operators make in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Agricultural Equipment Operators in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is $36,610. The 10th percentile is $29,530 and the 90th percentile is $47,480. Employment is 200.

Median annual wage

$36,610

10th percentile
$29,530
25th percentile
$32,970
Median
$36,610
75th percentile
$38,980
90th percentile
$47,480
Mean
$39,480

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Farmworkers picking asparagus in a field in Baja California
Asparagus pickers in the Maneadero valley, Baja California. Photograph by Tomas Castelazo. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Agricultural Equipment Operators, the published 10th percentile is $29,530 and the 90th percentile is $47,480. The difference is $17,950, which is 49.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $32,970 to the 75th at $38,980, covers $6,010.

The mean annual wage is $39,480, which sits above the median of $36,610. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median is 12.3% lower than the national median of $41,730 for Agricultural Equipment Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $32,070, which is 23.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% lower than the Florida median of $36,660.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 114.155, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,610 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Agricultural Equipment Operators at $32,070 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Agricultural Equipment Operators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Agricultural Equipment Operators accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (200 of 2,819,940). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (28,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.39 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Agricultural Equipment Operators by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Agricultural Equipment Operators make in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Agricultural Equipment Operators in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is $36,610. The 10th percentile is $29,530 and the 90th percentile is $47,480. Employment is 200.

How does that compare with the national median for Agricultural Equipment Operators?

The local median is 12.3% lower than the national median of $41,730.

What is Agricultural Equipment Operators pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 114.155, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $36,610 is $32,070. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.