How much do Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse make in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Percentile spread

For Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse, the published 10th percentile is $27,300 and the 90th percentile is $59,090. The difference is $31,790, which is 84.9% 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 $36,660 to the 75th at $48,500, covers $11,840.

The mean annual wage is $41,290, which sits above the median of $37,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median is 5% higher than the national median of $35,660 for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,124, which is 9.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.2% higher than the Indiana median of $36,980.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 95.696, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse at $39,124 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN ranks 14th of 20 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).).

• Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 67 miles away, with a median of $37,940 and employment of 30. That median is 1.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,608, against $39,124 here.
• Fort Wayne, IN is 97 miles away, with a median of $37,720 and employment of 40. That median is 0.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,747, against $39,124 here.
• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 101 miles away, with a median of $38,650 and employment of 250. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,526, against $39,124 here.

Employment share

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN (210 of 1,105,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (265,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.11 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.