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Labor Report Shows Local Farmhands Are Being Paid $12.24/Hr.


Farm owners in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota employed 63,000 agricultural workers during the week of October 12-18. According to the latest farm labor report, the average number of hours worked per employee was 38.5, with the average wage rate for all hired agricultural workers at $12.24 per hour. That is the highest October wage rate ever recorded.

An employee is classified as a livestock worker if they tend livestock, milk cows, care for poultry, or operate machinery on livestock farms.

During the survey week, farmers in Wisconsin were very busy hauling manure, planting winter wheat and harvesting corn.

Livestock workers in the region earned an average of $11.35 per hour during the reference week, and field workers in the Lake Region averaged $12.09 per hour during the reference week.

Nationally, the average number of hours worked for all hired workers was 41.3. Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $12.12 per hour. Field workers earned an average of $11.52 per hour, while livestock workers averaged $11.29 per hour.


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