Summary Report for:
45-1012.00 - Farm Labor Contractors
Recruit, hire, furnish, and supervise seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers for a fee. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks
- Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.
- Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
- Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
- Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
- Supervise the work of contracted employees.
- Furnish tools for employee use.
- Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
- Provide check-cashing services to employees.
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Employment data collected from Supervisors, Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers.
| Median wages (2007) | $14.39 hourly, $29,920 annual |
| Employment (2006) | 53,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) | 
Little or no change (-2% to 2%)
|
| Projected need (2006-2016) | 10,000 additional employees |
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2007 wage data
and 2006-2016 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2006-2016). "Projected need" represents job openings due to growth and net replacement.