Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Career, Salary and Skills
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $89,900 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 6,500. Wage data is published for 66 locations.
Occupation description
Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.
O*NET code
11-9013.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Not recorded
National salary and employment
Median annual
$89,900
Hourly median
$43.22
Employment
6,500
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.75 | 4.25 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Speaking | 3.62 | 4.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Coordination | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Monitoring | 3.38 | 3.75 |
| Active Learning | 3.38 | 3.62 |
Typical tasks
- Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data.
- Manage nurseries that grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display or exhibition, or for research.
- Direct and monitor trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques.
- Direct and monitor the transfer of mature fish to lakes, ponds, streams, or commercial tanks.
- Determine how to allocate resources and to respond to unanticipated problems, such as insect infestation, drought, and fire.
- Determine plant growing conditions, such as greenhouses, hydroponics, or natural settings, and set planting and care schedules.
- Devise and participate in activities to improve fish hatching and growth rates, and to prevent disease in hatcheries.
- Analyze market conditions to determine acreage allocations.
Technology
- Accutech Systems Corporation AccuFarm-MGR
- Adobe Photoshop
- Advanced Veterinary Services Ranch Vision
- Ag Connections Land.db
- Ag Leader Technology SMS Advanced
- AGCO Advanced Technology Solutions Fieldstar
- AgData Blue Skies Accounting
- Agevo Farm Manager
- AgriSoft/CMC AgriSoft/ERP
- AgTerra Technologies AgTrac
- Alua Software Paddock Pro
- AquaSoft Farm Manager
- Argos Software ABECAS Insight
- Atlassian Confluence
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in CAMedian $109,140 · Employment 1,650
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in TXMedian $85,990 · Employment 610
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in FLMedian $87,080 · Employment 320
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in MIMedian $82,620 · Employment 270
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in IDMedian $81,010 · Employment 250
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in NCMedian $80,540 · Employment 250
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in NEMedian $111,460 · Employment 200
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in Fresno, CAMedian $104,600 · Employment 200
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in ORMedian $81,560 · Employment 190
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in IAMedian $77,930 · Employment 180
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in MNMedian $65,900 · Employment 160
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Salary in Napa, CAMedian $158,660 · Employment 150
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.