Salary Surveys

Agriculture Salary Survey

The Agriculture Salary Survey reports compensation data for 253 benchmark jobs covering agricultural production and support activities related to growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals. In addition to farms, ranches, dairies, and greenhouses, the survey includes nurseries, orchards, and hatcheries.

The Agriculture Salary Survey documents market-based pay data for 26 executive and 227 non-management salary benchmark jobs from up to three databases: digitized public sources, ERI Assessor Series data, and direct participants. The following information is reported for each job title (salary data are shown in means, medians, and percentile cuts):

• Annual Salary
• Incentive/Variable Pay
• Total Direct Annual Compensation
• Job Description
• Selected Characteristics of the Occupation (SCO)

Survey information is solicited through traditional mail, email, and online questionnaires. Each data submission is thoroughly screened by our team of experienced researchers prior to inclusion in a survey. No attempt is made to alter incumbent data as reported other than to normalize collected compensation amounts to a common date. Data collection begins October and ends March. The Agriculture salary guide and survey results are published annually in July, with an effective data date of March 31 of the given survey year.