Kentucky · SOC 45-0000 · Annual, 2025
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations in Kentucky
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 45-0000 in Kentucky, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 2,450 people in Kentucky worked in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (SOC 45-0000), with an average annual wage of $44,830.
Employment in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations in Kentucky declined 31.9% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is less concentrated in Kentucky than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.44). Employment fell 39.6% from 2017 to 2024 and has since recovered 1.9% of that loss. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Kentucky are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 2,450Employment, 2025
- $44,830Mean annual wage
- 0.1%Share of Kentucky jobs
- 0.44Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 3,730; 2005 3,730; 2006 3,780; 2007 3,830; 2008 3,830; 2009 3,700; 2010 3,640; 2011 3,590; 2012 3,660; 2013 3,800; 2014 3,930; 2015 3,980; 2016 3,990; 2017 4,010; 2018 3,990; 2019 3,890; 2020 3,600; 2021 3,490; 2022 2,990; 2023 2,560; 2024 2,420; 2025 2,450.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,455 | $44,827 | 1.3% |
| 2024 | 2,425 | $43,419 | 5.2% |
| 2023 | 2,557 | $41,433 | 14.6% |
| 2022 | 2,992 | $38,189 | 14.3% |
| 2021 | 3,491 | $36,438 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 3,605 | $35,073 | 7.4% |
| 2019 | 3,895 | $34,632 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 3,992 | $33,520 | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 4,013 | $31,872 | 0.6% |
| 2016 | 3,991 | $30,710 | 0.2% |
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 Kentucky, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for farming, fishing, and forestry occupations in Kentucky. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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