California · SOC 45-0000 · Annual, 2025
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations in California
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 45-0000 in California, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 211,400 people in California worked in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (SOC 45-0000), with an average annual wage of $46,180.
Employment in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations in California declined 8.6% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 4.1× as concentrated in California as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 4.11). The average wage in this occupation group is 52.3% below the all-occupations average in California. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for California are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 211,400Employment, 2025
- $46,180Mean annual wage
- 1.2%Share of California jobs
- 4.11Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 204,200; 2005 208,800; 2006 207,300; 2007 210,600; 2008 213,200; 2009 203,100; 2010 207,200; 2011 210,300; 2012 215,100; 2013 221,900; 2014 224,100; 2015 227,200; 2016 228,000; 2017 229,400; 2018 231,300; 2019 236,800; 2020 231,400; 2021 234,400; 2022 231,600; 2023 222,300; 2024 220,900; 2025 211,400.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 211,423 | $46,183 | 4.3% |
| 2024 | 220,937 | $44,399 | 0.6% |
| 2023 | 222,323 | $43,225 | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 231,581 | $41,339 | 1.2% |
| 2021 | 234,433 | $39,618 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 231,390 | $37,333 | 2.3% |
| 2019 | 236,770 | $31,866 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 231,345 | $28,274 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 229,424 | $26,443 | 0.6% |
| 2016 | 228,022 | $25,045 | 0.4% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations in California, quarterly, at full depth
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