Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,483
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$6,097
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,264
Virginia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Virginia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$35,580
Kept after tax
$29,483
Worth in national money
$29,264
State rank
27
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Virginia pays this job around $35,580 at the midpoint, 27 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Virginia publishes, this job lands at 459. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $35,580, take-home of $29,483 is worth roughly $29,264 in national money. The average comes to $37,120, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse the Virginia median is $35,580, ranking 27 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Virginia, this work ranks 459 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse, whose median is $35,580, the adjusted figure of $29,264 differs little from $29,483 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $37,120 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,700 |
| This salary | $35,580 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Virginia | $29,483 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,769 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,399 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $33,980 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,901 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in Virginia earn under $35,580 and half over. The published range runs $29,130 at the tenth percentile to $45,700 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $29,483 take-home in Virginia comes from $35,580. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 459 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,264, the adjusted value of that $35,580 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 459 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,130 to $45,700; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $29,483, from $35,580, assumes a single Virginia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 459 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $29,264 — the adjusted value of that $35,580 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 459 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $37,120 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,130 at the tenth percentile, $45,700 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $29,264 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $29,483 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Virginia is $37,120. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,130 to $45,700) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Virginia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $29,264 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $29,483 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Virginia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.