SOC 45-2092 · Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations · May 2025

How much do Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $33,290. The 10th percentile is $26,040 and the 90th percentile is $39,940. Employment is 870.

Median annual wage

$33,290

10th percentile
$26,040
25th percentile
$29,640
Median
$33,290
75th percentile
$35,570
90th percentile
$39,940
Mean
$33,150

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 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse, the published 10th percentile is $26,040 and the 90th percentile is $39,940. The difference is $13,900, which is 41.8% 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 $29,640 to the 75th at $35,570, covers $5,930.

The mean annual wage is $33,150, which sits below the median of $33,290. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 6.6% lower than the national median of $35,660 for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,753, which is 5.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% higher than the Texas median of $32,840.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $33,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse at $33,753 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 3rd of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 141 miles away, with a median of $34,910 and employment of 240. That median is 4.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,598, against $33,753 here.
  • Waco, TX is 169 miles away, with a median of $32,250 and employment of 50. That median is 3.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,846, against $33,753 here.
  • Corpus Christi, TX is 181 miles away, with a median of $30,740 and employment of 70. That median is 7.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,171, against $33,753 here.

Employment share

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (870 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (265,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.15 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 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 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $33,290. The 10th percentile is $26,040 and the 90th percentile is $39,940. Employment is 870.

How does that compare with the national median for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse?

The local median is 6.6% lower than the national median of $35,660.

What is Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $33,290 is $33,753. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX compare with nearby metros for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse?

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 141 miles away, at $34,910. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 3rd of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.