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What the wage survey shows
Median
$35,360
Bottom tenth
$27,250
Top tenth
$50,060
The national median is $35,360 a year, the bottom tenth earn $27,250 or less and the top tenth $50,060 or more, in the 2025 federal wage survey. Read that carefully: the survey has no code for farriers, so it files them under animal caretakers, a group made mostly of kennel, shelter and grooming staff on an hourly wage. Nearly all farriers are self-employed and charge by the horse, so this figure tells you little about what a farrier with a full book earns. The very high demand rating on this page is also the animal caretakers rating, not one for farriers.