Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency is one of the salt producers on Madura Island, but this does not have an impact on the welfare of salt farmers. The salt import policy issued by the government is accurate in salt production, farmers cannot determine the price of salt, farmers only act as price takers. Apart from that, the weakness of the salt trading system and incapabilty on mastering geomembrane technology to increase the quality and quantity are such problems for salt farmers. This research aims to determine the income and feasibility of geomembrane and non-geomembrane salt farming in Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency.

This research used mixed methods with a sequential explanatory research design. This design is characterized by collecting and analyzing quantitative data in the first stage, and followed by collecting and analyzing qualitative data in the second stage. The population of this study was 150 salt farmers with a sample of 60 calculated using the Yamane formula and the sampling method used proportionate stratified random sampling which divided farmers into two types, namely 40 geomembrane salt farmers and 20 non-geomembrane salt farmers.

The results of the research showed that the average salt farming income obtained by geomembrane farmers in Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency was IDR 69,008,239 and the average salt farming income obtained by non-geomembrane farmers in Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency was IDR 17,308,288, then the level of farming feasibility salt in Pademawu District, Pamekasan Regency was greater than 1. The feasibility value of geomembrane salt farming was 4.00 and the feasibility value of non-geomembrane salt farming was 1.82, meaning that salt farming was worth pursuing.

Keywords: Farmer income, farming feasibility, salt