How much do Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse make in Salinas, CA?

Percentile spread

For Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse, the published 10th percentile is $35,140 and the 90th percentile is $47,450. The difference is $12,310, which is 33.5% 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 $35,920 to the 75th at $42,060, covers $6,140.

The mean annual wage is $40,270, which sits above the median of $36,700. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salinas, CA median is 2.9% higher than the national median of $35,660 for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,657, which is 5.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.1% higher than the California median of $35,580.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salinas, CA is 109.042, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,700 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse at $33,657 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Salinas, CA ranks 7th of 18 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).).

• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 46 miles away, with a median of $43,690 and employment of 850. That median is 19% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,566, against $33,657 here.
• Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 66 miles away, with a median of $36,450 and employment of 470. That median is 0.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,168, against $33,657 here.
• Merced, CA is 74 miles away, with a median of $36,350 and employment of 3,820. That median is 1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,988, against $33,657 here.

Employment share

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse accounts for 14.4% of wage-and-salary employment in Salinas, CA (26,830 of 186,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (265,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 84.29 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.