Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals Salary — San Diego, California

The average Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in San Diego, California earns $47,540 a year.

$47,540 / year, mean
↑ 17.0% above national average 89th percentile in California

San Diego pays well above most of California for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's a solid premium over the national average for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
370
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.9%
Cost of living 112 #6 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $946,365 #6 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $102,285 #10 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Diego ranks #6 for cost of living and #6 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Wenatchee $60,170 Salinas $57,310 Richmond $51,280 Virginia Beach $50,010 Mount Vernon $48,150 Lebanon $48,030 Orlando $47,830 San Francisco $47,710 San Diego $47,540 San Jose $47,170 Seattle $47,170 Santa Rosa $46,840 Charlottesville $46,580 Spokane $46,010 Yakima $45,470 Olympia $44,750 Bellingham $44,410 Tampa $43,700 Bend $43,370 Sarasota $43,150 Portland $43,000 Sacramento $42,250 Oxnard $42,070 Miami $42,000 Lexington $41,790 Bremerton $41,540 Indianapolis $41,390 Los Angeles $41,360 Riverside $41,360 New York $40,970 Santa Maria $40,360 Visalia $40,160 Salem $39,810 Philadelphia $39,740 Merced $39,610 Modesto $39,470 Fresno $39,300 Bakersfield $39,270 Austin $38,850 Elkhart $38,430 Hanford $38,340 State College $38,320 Louisville $38,050 Lansing $37,620 Houston $37,480 Stockton $37,250 Dallas $37,230 Lancaster $37,020 Kiryas Joel $36,970 San Luis Obispo $36,960 Detroit $36,930 Ocala $36,640 Buffalo $36,110 Chicago $35,960 Waco $35,830 San Antonio $35,210 Allentown $35,090 Amarillo $35,080 Longview $34,660 Killeen $34,560 College Station $33,860 Hagerstown $33,840 Tyler $33,710 Harrisburg $33,140 San Angelo $31,700 Pittsburgh $31,300 McAllen $31,210 Kalamazoo $30,640
CityMean salaryvs. San Diego
Allentown, Pennsylvania$35,090-26.2%
Amarillo, Texas$35,080-26.2%
Austin, Texas$38,850-18.3%
Bakersfield, California$39,270-17.4%
Bellingham, Washington$44,410-6.6%
Bend, Oregon$43,370-8.8%
Bremerton, Washington$41,540-12.6%
Buffalo, New York$36,110-24.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$46,580-2.0%
Chicago, Illinois$35,960-24.4%
College Station, Texas$33,860-28.8%
Dallas, Texas$37,230-21.7%
Detroit, Michigan$36,930-22.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$38,430-19.2%
Fresno, California$39,300-17.3%
Hagerstown, Maryland$33,840-28.8%
Hanford, California$38,340-19.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$33,140-30.3%
Houston, Texas$37,480-21.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$41,390-12.9%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$30,640-35.5%
Killeen, Texas$34,560-27.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$36,970-22.2%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$37,020-22.1%
Lansing, Michigan$37,620-20.9%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$48,030+1.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$41,790-12.1%
Longview, Texas$34,660-27.1%
Los Angeles, California$41,360-13.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$38,050-20.0%
McAllen, Texas$31,210-34.4%
Merced, California$39,610-16.7%
Miami, Florida$42,000-11.7%
Modesto, California$39,470-17.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$48,150+1.3%
New York, New York$40,970-13.8%
Sarasota, Florida$43,150-9.2%
Ocala, Florida$36,640-22.9%
Olympia, Washington$44,750-5.9%
Orlando, Florida$47,830+0.6%
Oxnard, California$42,070-11.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$39,740-16.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$31,300-34.2%
Portland, Oregon$43,000-9.5%
Richmond, Virginia$51,280+7.9%
Riverside, California$41,360-13.0%
Sacramento, California$42,250-11.1%
Salem, Oregon$39,810-16.3%
Salinas, California$57,310+20.6%
San Angelo, Texas$31,700-33.3%
San Antonio, Texas$35,210-25.9%
San Francisco, California$47,710+0.4%
San Jose, California$47,170-0.8%
San Luis Obispo, California$36,960-22.3%
Santa Maria, California$40,360-15.1%
Santa Rosa, California$46,840-1.5%
Seattle, Washington$47,170-0.8%
Spokane, Washington$46,010-3.2%
State College, Pennsylvania$38,320-19.4%
Stockton, California$37,250-21.6%
Tampa, Florida$43,700-8.1%
Tyler, Texas$33,710-29.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$50,010+5.2%
Visalia, California$40,160-15.5%
Waco, Texas$35,830-24.6%
Wenatchee, Washington$60,170+26.6%
Yakima, Washington$45,470-4.4%
Gross salary
47,540/yr
Estimated take-home
39,333/yr
Est. total withheld
17.3%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for San Diego

These notes add local color around San Diego, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 45-2093 SOC code
Official area San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41740 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Chula VistaCarlsbad
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
3,282,782