State comparison · 2025
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers in California earn a median of $109,140. In Wisconsin, $86,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $109,140
- p25
- $96,630
- p75
- $142,180
- p10
- $73,790
- p90
- $174,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
Wisconsin
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $86,320
- p25
- $80,790
- p75
- $107,360
- p10
- $76,850
- p90
- $127,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.