SOC 45-2093 · Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations · May 2025
How much do Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals make in St. Cloud, MN?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in St. Cloud, MN is $45,290. The 10th percentile is $37,470 and the 90th percentile is $54,080. Employment is 30.
Median annual wage
$45,290
- 10th percentile
- $37,470
- 25th percentile
- $45,290
- Median
- $45,290
- 75th percentile
- $47,210
- 90th percentile
- $54,080
- Mean
- $47,620
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals, the published 10th percentile is $37,470 and the 90th percentile is $54,080. The difference is $16,610, which is 36.7% 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 $45,290 to the 75th at $47,210, covers $1,920.
The mean annual wage is $47,620, which sits above the median of $45,290. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The St. Cloud, MN median is 23.5% higher than the national median of $36,670 for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,682, which is 40.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 1.6% lower than the Minnesota median of $46,020.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for St. Cloud, MN is 87.632, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals at $51,682 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals. St. Cloud, MN ranks 2nd of 2 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).).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 68 miles away, with a median of $47,950 and employment of 320. That median is 5.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,744, against $51,682 here.
Employment share
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in St. Cloud, MN (30 of 103,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (32,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.37 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 St. Cloud, MN · Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 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, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals make in St. Cloud, MN?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in St. Cloud, MN is $45,290. The 10th percentile is $37,470 and the 90th percentile is $54,080. Employment is 30.
How does that compare with the national median for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals?
The local median is 23.5% higher than the national median of $36,670.
What is Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals pay in St. Cloud, MN after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for St. Cloud, MN is 87.632, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $45,290 is $51,682. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does St. Cloud, MN compare with nearby metros for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals?
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 68 miles away, at $47,950. St. Cloud, MN ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.