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First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers pay in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers is $59,940 per year in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. It is $92,560 per year in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 35.2% below Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 45-1011 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and 110 in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. 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.