October 2023, Volume 29, Number 4
Tree Nut Exports
The US is the leading producer and exporter of tree nuts, led by almonds, pistachios and walnuts. US tree nut exports of $9 billion a year dwarf Turkey’s tree nut exports of almost $3 billion and China’s $1 billion. Almonds are over half of US tree nut exports, followed by almost a fifth for pistachios and a sixth for walnuts. The US exports about 70 percent of its tree nuts.
| Occupation | Employment | Change (2021–31) |
Median annual wage, 2021 1 | Typical education needed for entry | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2031 | Number | Percent | ||||
| Total, all occupations | 00-0000 | 158,134.7 | 166,452.1 | 8,317.4 | 5.3 | $45,760 | 2 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry | 45-0000 | 1,069.6 | 1,078.0 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 29,860 | 2 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 45-2091 | 66.6 | 74.7 | 8.0 | 12.1 | 36,360 | No formal education credentials |
| First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 45-1011 | 53.3 | 56.7 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 48,640 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Agricultural workers, all other | 45-2099 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 32,550 | No formal education credentials |
| Animal breeders | 45-2021 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 40,090 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Log graders and scalers | 45-4023 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 37,820 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 1 Data are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage data cover nonfarm wage and salary workers and do not cover the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, or household workers. | |||||||
| 2 This entry is not applicable. | |||||||
| Note: Employment numbers are in thousands. | |||||||
| Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program. | |||||||