SOC 45-2099 · Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations · May 2025

How much do Agricultural Workers, All Other make in Baton Rouge, LA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Agricultural Workers, All Other in Baton Rouge, LA is $47,790. The 10th percentile is $36,330 and the 90th percentile is $69,110. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$47,790

10th percentile
$36,330
25th percentile
$36,330
Median
$47,790
75th percentile
$59,480
90th percentile
$69,110
Mean
$49,320

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 Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $36,330 and the 90th percentile is $69,110. The difference is $32,780, which is 68.6% 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 $36,330 to the 75th at $59,480, covers $23,150.

The mean annual wage is $49,320, which sits above the median of $47,790. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baton Rouge, LA median is 19.9% higher than the national median of $39,850 for Agricultural Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,644, which is 32.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 25.2% higher than the Louisiana median of $38,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baton Rouge, LA is 90.780, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,790 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Agricultural Workers, All Other at $52,644 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 Workers, All Other in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Agricultural Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (50 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,620 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.24 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 Baton Rouge, LA · Agricultural Workers, All Other 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 Workers, All Other make in Baton Rouge, LA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Agricultural Workers, All Other in Baton Rouge, LA is $47,790. The 10th percentile is $36,330 and the 90th percentile is $69,110. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Agricultural Workers, All Other?

The local median is 19.9% higher than the national median of $39,850.

What is Agricultural Workers, All Other pay in Baton Rouge, LA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baton Rouge, LA is 90.780, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,790 is $52,644. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.