Farm equipment operator vs farm worker

The differences between farm equipment operators and farm workers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a farm equipment operator has an average salary of $27,872, which is higher than the $26,598 average annual salary of a farm worker.

The top three skills for a farm equipment operator include harvest, CDL and mowing. The most important skills for a farm worker are harvest, mowing, and farm equipment.

Farm equipment operator vs farm worker overview

	Farm Equipment Operator	Farm Worker
Yearly salary	$27,872	$26,598
Hourly rate	$13.40	$12.79
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	45,459	25,368
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Farm equipment operator vs farm worker salary

Farm equipment operators and farm workers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Farm Equipment Operator	Farm Worker
Average salary	$27,872	$26,598
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $21,000 And $33,000
Highest paying City	Aberdeen, SD	Greenville, MS
Highest paying state	North Dakota	North Dakota
Best paying company	The Wonderful Company	FAT CATS CAFE
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Manufacturing

Differences between farm equipment operator and farm worker education

There are a few differences between a farm equipment operator and a farm worker in terms of educational background:

	Farm Equipment Operator	Farm Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Most common major	Automotive Technology	Business
Most common college	-	-

Farm equipment operator vs farm worker demographics

Here are the differences between farm equipment operators' and farm workers' demographics:

	Farm Equipment Operator	Farm Worker
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 93.3% Female, 6.7%	Male, 72.6% Female, 27.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.6% Unknown, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 21.1% Asian, 1.7% White, 69.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 4.1% Unknown, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 25.2% Asian, 1.8% White, 64.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between farm equipment operator and farm worker duties and responsibilities

Farm equipment operator example responsibilities.

Manage and conduct the baling, hauling, advertising, and selling of 2000 straw square bales a year from 2002-2006.
Operate combines, grain trucks, tractors, cultivator, and augers.
Landscape work (leaf pickup, lawn mowing, weed spraying, repairing fencing, etc . )
Utilize GPS while planting grain.
Used GPS to navigate farm equipment.
Use of tractor for raking and baling.

Farm worker example responsibilities.

General farm operations including health checks and care of calves, manage cleanliness of barns, milking
Manage regular routines of dairy calf sector, developing skill in feeding, housing, sanitation, parasite and disease control.
Care for domestic farm animals, lawn mowing, lifting supplies and feed, general grounds work.
Adhere to farm procedures for newborn calf management.
Serve as vacation relief foreman and semi trailer spotter.
Farm aid carrry trees to customers cars, drive a bobcat.

Farm equipment operator vs farm worker skills

Common farm equipment operator skills

Harvest, 28%
CDL, 7%
Mowing, 5%
GPS, 5%
Routine Maintenance, 5%
Equipment Maintenance, 4%

Common farm worker skills

Harvest, 25%
Mowing, 11%
Farm Equipment, 10%
Farm Machinery, 7%
Farm Work, 5%
Beef Cattle, 3%