Home / Agricultural Technicians / Best Cities Best Cities for Agricultural Technicianss Cities ranked by purchasing power — where agricultural technicianss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 Iowa State 1.45 $64,070 $71,827 18% 2 Wyoming State 1.37 $63,120 $67,871 19% 3 Kentucky State 1.36 $59,860 $67,638 19% 4 Arizona State 1.26 $62,990 $62,428 29% 5 Missouri State 1.23 $54,060 $61,016 23% 6 Minnesota State 1.18 $57,310 $58,480 27% 7 Mississippi State 1.16 $48,800 $57,547 22% 8 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 1.13 $54,380 $56,178 36% 9 Kansas City, MO-KS Metro 1.12 $51,380 $55,366 30% 10 California State 1.10 $60,320 $54,490 45% 11 North Carolina State 1.10 $51,470 $54,523 30% 12 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 1.10 $63,630 $54,618 43% 13 Arkansas State 1.09 $46,750 $54,171 23% 14 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro 1.07 $52,600 $52,864 34% 15 Georgia State 1.06 $48,960 $52,420 35% 16 Kansas State 1.06 $47,200 $52,444 26% 17 Texas State 1.06 $50,270 $52,584 33% 18 Delaware State 1.05 $52,510 $51,990 31% 19 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 1.05 $58,730 $52,066 41% 20 Nebraska State 1.04 $47,420 $51,825 26% 21 Indiana State 1.03 $46,170 $51,017 27% 22 Idaho State 1.02 $48,870 $50,642 29% 23 North Dakota State 1.02 $46,960 $50,713 25% 24 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro 1.02 $52,510 $50,734 36% 25 New Jersey State 1.01 $54,370 $49,972 40% 26 Pennsylvania State 1.01 $48,800 $50,309 32% 27 Wisconsin State 1.01 $46,470 $50,347 28% 28 Tennessee State 0.99 $45,130 $49,322 33% 29 Illinois State 0.96 $46,410 $47,649 34% 30 Maine State 0.96 $47,410 $47,505 33% 31 Utah State 0.94 $46,560 $46,467 38% 32 Michigan State 0.93 $42,780 $46,349 31% 33 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro 0.93 $48,980 $46,295 41% 34 Maryland State 0.92 $49,680 $45,495 41% 35 Oregon State 0.92 $46,800 $45,437 41% 36 South Dakota State 0.92 $41,420 $45,617 28% 37 Washington State 0.91 $48,220 $44,939 47% 38 Colorado State 0.90 $47,020 $44,611 47% 39 South Carolina State 0.90 $41,290 $44,880 36% 40 Hawaii State 0.88 $47,960 $43,600 60% 41 Nevada State 0.88 $43,590 $43,503 40% 42 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro 0.87 $46,800 $43,414 46% 43 Oklahoma State 0.86 $37,840 $42,757 31% 44 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro 0.86 $41,030 $42,829 44% 45 Florida State 0.85 $42,700 $42,069 48% 46 New York State 0.82 $45,830 $40,738 48% 47 New Hampshire State 0.81 $42,520 $40,113 45% 48 Virginia State 0.80 $41,210 $39,816 46%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).