Agricultural Worker Survey Results Released
Saturday, November 21st, 2015 -- 7:33 AM
Farm owners in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota employed 73,000 agricultural workers during the week of October 11-17.Wisconsin Ag Connection reports that according to the latest farm labor report, the average number of hours worked per employee was 41.5, with the average wage rate for all hired agricultural workers at $13.28 per hour. During the survey week, farmers in Wisconsin were very busy harvest corn and soybeans, hauling manure, making hay and doing fall tillage. An employee is classified as a livestock worker if they tend livestock, milk cows, care for poultry, or operate machinery on livestock farms.
Livestock workers in the region earned an average of $12.20 per hour during the reference week. Field workers averaged $12.53 per hour during the reference week. Nationally, the average number of hours worked for all hired workers was 41. Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $12.47 per hour. Field workers earned an average of $11.80 per hour, while livestock workers averaged $12.02 per hour.
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