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Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals pay in Colorado Springs, CO and Salinas, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals is $38,100 per year in Colorado Springs, CO. It is $62,540 per year in Salinas, CA. Colorado Springs, CO is 39.1% below Salinas, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 45-2093 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 100 wage and salary jobs in Colorado Springs, CO and 70 in Salinas, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.