Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,788
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$6,882
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,552
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
$38,670
Kept after tax
$31,788
Worth in national money
$31,552
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Virginia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $38,670, which ranks 16 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 5.45% above the national middle.
- Within Virginia this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 423. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $38,670, take-home of $31,788 is worth roughly $31,552 in national money. The average comes to $44,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Virginia ranks 16 of 49 states publishing a median for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, at $38,670 — about 5.45% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Against every occupation Virginia reports, farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals ranks 423 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, whose median is $38,670, the adjusted figure of $31,552 differs little from $31,788 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $44,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,010 |
| This salary | $38,670 |
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 | $31,788 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,251 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,666 |
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 | $36,849 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,224 |
| 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, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Virginia earn under $38,670 and half over. The published range runs $29,530 at the tenth percentile to $62,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $31,788, from $38,670, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 423 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $31,552, the adjusted value of that $38,670 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Virginia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 423 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,530 to $62,010; 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.
- Take-home for Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,788 from $38,670. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 423 of 489 locally.
- This $31,552 adjusted figure, worked from $38,670, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 423 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 423 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $44,530, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $29,530 at the bottom tenth to $62,010 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Virginia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $31,552 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Virginia's own levy, $31,788 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $44,530. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($29,530) and the ninetieth ($62,010) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $31,552 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 $31,788 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.