Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092)
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Excludes Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products (45-2041) and Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers (45-4011 through 45-4029).
Employment and Job Openings
Employment | Average Annual Openings | |||||
2018 Estimate | 2028 Projection | Percent Change | Labor Force Exits | Occupation Transfers | Total | |
Alaska | 563 | 972 | 72.65 | 30 | 95 | 166 | United States | 532300 | 542700 | 0.0 | 21300 | 66400 | 88800 |
Job Outlook for Alaska: Alaska’s employment growth is robust with very high employment opportunities.
2021 Wages
Mean Wage | Wage by Percentile | |||||
Mean | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | |
United States | 15.11 | 13.57 | 14.00 | 14.25 | 15.06 | 17.92 |
Alaska | 14.43 | 12.74 | 13.66 | 14.20 | 14.29 | 15.32 |
Anchorage/Mat-Su Area | 14.63 | 12.37 | 13.40 | 13.73 | 14.33 | 17.98 |
Fairbanks North Star Borough | 14.36 | 13.84 | 13.84 | 13.96 | 14.20 | 14.44 |
* indicates the estimate is not available, or the hourly wage is greater than $100, or the annual wage is greater than $208,000.