Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,635
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$6,735
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,588
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$45,370
Kept after tax
$38,635
Worth in national money
$35,588
State rank
5
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $45,370, which ranks 5 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 23.73% above the national middle.
- Against 493 occupations Washington publishes, this job lands at 443. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $45,370 the take-home is $38,635. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $35,588 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $47,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Washington ranks 5 of 49 states publishing a median for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, at $45,370 — about 23.73% 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.
- Within Washington, this work ranks 443 of 493 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $38,635 for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, from $45,370. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,588. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $47,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,430 |
| This salary | $45,370 |
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 Washington | $38,635 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,635 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,170 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $45,370 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,043 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $45,370. The published range is $35,590 up to $64,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $38,635, from $45,370, 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 443 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,588 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 443.
- Reported values are medians; for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,590 to $64,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Washington is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,635 from $45,370. 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 443 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,588, worked from $45,370, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Washington address, on work sitting at 443 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $47,860, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,590 and the top tenth $64,430, so most people doing this work in Washington sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $35,588 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $38,635 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 Washington is $47,860. 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 ($35,590 to $64,430) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $35,588 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $38,635 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.