First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $61K, rent takes 29.6% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,183/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers typically earn — is $41K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,446/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $61K locally vs. $59K nationally, a 2% difference.

Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area pays $61K median vs. the U.S. average of $59K — that’s +2%.

The median is $60,770 a year, that works out to about $29 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $40,770, and experienced first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers can clear $100,200. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,999/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,183/month, which eats 29.6% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers salary is worth about $60,770 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.