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Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals pay in Jefferson City, MO and Salinas, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals is $29,650 per year in Jefferson City, MO. It is $62,540 per year in Salinas, CA. Jefferson City, MO is 52.6% 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Jefferson City, MO 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings