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Farmworkers Up 5 Percent, Wages Up 1 Percent from 2016
Pennsylvania Ag Connection - 11/22/2017

U.S. farmworkers hired directly by farm operators numbered 840,000 for the reference week of October 8-14, 2017, up 5 percent from the October 2016 reference week. There were 879,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on the Nation's farms and ranches during the week of July 9-15, 2017, up 5 percent from the July 2016 reference week.

Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $13.42 per hour during the October 2017 reference week, up 1 percent from the previous year. Field workers received an average of $12.83 per hour, up 2 percent. Livestock workers earned $12.22, down slightly from the previous year. The field and livestock worker combined wage rate, at $12.66 per hour, was up 1 percent from October 2016. Hired laborers worked an average of 41.6 hours during the October 2017 reference week, unchanged from a year earlier.

Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $13.23 per hour during the July 2017 reference week, up 2 percent from the previous year. Field workers received an average of $12.57 per hour, up 2 percent. Livestock workers earned $12.21 per hour, up slightly from the previous year. The field and livestock worker combined wage rate, at $12.47 per hour, was up 2 percent from July 2016. Hired laborers worked an average of 41.4 hours during the July 2017 reference week, compared with 41.2 hours a year earlier.

The 2017 all hired worker annual average wage rate was $13.32 per hour, up 3 percent from the 2016 annual average wage. The 2017 field worker annual average wage rate was $12.51 per hour, up 2 percent from the 2016 annual average. The 2017 annual average combined wage for field and livestock workers was $12.47, up 2 percent from the 2016 annual average of $12.20 per hour.

In the Northeast Region II (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania), there were 52,000 workers hired directly by farms during the week of July 9-15, 2017. Hired workers worked an average of 42.2 hours during the survey week. The average wage rate for all hired workers was $12.47 per hour. Field workers average $12.20 per hour and livestock worker average $11.02 per hour.

There were 45,000 workers hired directly by farms during the week of October 8-14, 2017. Hired workers worked an average of 40.4 hours during the survey week. The average wage rate for all hired workers was $13.08 per hour. Field workers averaged $12.91 per hour and livestock worker averaged $11.01 per hour.


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