First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,832
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$10,448
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,710
California costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in California — 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
$56,280
Kept after tax
$45,832
Worth in national money
$40,710
State rank
40
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. California pays this job a middle wage of $56,280, 40 of 48 states and about 5.12% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations California reports figures for, this is number 329.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $56,280, tax leaves $45,832 — and because California is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $40,710 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $61,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- California's $56,280 median for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers places it 40 of 48 states, about 5.12% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In California's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers sits at 329 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $45,832 remains from the California median of $56,280 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $40,710 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $61,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,370 |
| This salary | $56,280 |
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 California | $45,832 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,401 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,069 |
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 | $54,327 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,759 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in California earn less than $56,280. The published range is $38,900 up to $91,370, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $45,832 take-home in California comes from $56,280. 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 329 of 492.
- Two cautions on $40,710, the adjusted value of that $56,280 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of California. 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 329 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in California the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,900 to $91,370. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $45,832, from $56,280, assumes a single California 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 329 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 48 for it.
- This $40,710 adjusted figure, worked from $56,280, 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 329 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 329 of 492 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 $61,320, 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 $38,900 at the bottom tenth to $91,370 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in California run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $40,710 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; California then takes its own share, leaving $45,832.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 California is $61,320. 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 ($38,900) and the ninetieth ($91,370) 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?
California's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $40,710 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 $45,832 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and California 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.