Farm labour vs dairy farmer

The differences between farm labours and dairy farmers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a dairy farmer has an average salary of $29,959, which is higher than the $26,720 average annual salary of a farm labour.

The top three skills for a farm labour include harvest, cleanliness and farm machinery. The most important skills for a dairy farmer are milking, dairy farm, and dairy cattle.

Farm labour vs dairy farmer overview

	Farm Labour	Dairy Farmer
Yearly salary	$26,720	$29,959
Hourly rate	$12.85	$14.40
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	25,319	1,250
Job satisfaction	4	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Farm labour vs dairy farmer salary

Farm labours and dairy farmers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Farm Labour	Dairy Farmer
Average salary	$26,720	$29,959
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $33,000	Between $13,000 And $68,000
Highest paying City	Yakima, WA	Westbrook, ME
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Vermont
Best paying company	Cargill	Kroger
Best paying industry	Finance	Manufacturing

Differences between farm labour and dairy farmer education

There are a few differences between a farm labour and a dairy farmer in terms of educational background:

	Farm Labour	Dairy Farmer
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Most common major	Business	Animal Science
Most common college	-	-

Farm labour vs dairy farmer demographics

Here are the differences between farm labours' and dairy farmers' demographics:

	Farm Labour	Dairy Farmer
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 80.5% Female, 19.5%	Male, 67.0% Female, 33.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 24.0% Asian, 1.8% White, 66.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 1.7% White, 70.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between farm labour and dairy farmer duties and responsibilities

Farm labour example responsibilities.

Manage and oversee the day-to-day running of farms raising poultry or pigs for the production of meat and breeding stock.
Perform duties in farrowing unit, relocate sows, immunize and care for newborn pigs.
Job are to keep the farm up, mowing, weed eating, put fertilizer down.
Used hand tools including shovels, rakes, pruning saws, hedge and brush trimmers and axes.
Carry out daily milking, feeding, and field operations, twice per day, for the care of dairy livestock
Milk cows, landscaping, field work, lawn mowing, bailing hay, and anything else done on a farm.

Dairy farmer example responsibilities.

Manage regular routines of dairy calf sector, developing skill in feeding, housing, sanitation, parasite and disease control.
Hoof trimming responsibilities include all dry cow maintenance trims, treating lame cows and diagnosing hoof health issues.
Demonstrate milking process and equipment operation to all workers.
Milk goats, set up pipes for pasteurizer, clean pipes, rake barn, feed goats
Herd the dairy cattle to pasture for grazing.
Clean cattle lots with bobcat and dump truck.

Farm labour vs dairy farmer skills

Common farm labour skills

Harvest, 18%
Cleanliness, 12%
Farm Machinery, 10%
Farm Work, 5%
Drive Tractor, 5%
Mowing, 5%

Common dairy farmer skills

Milking, 32%
Dairy Farm, 12%
Dairy Cattle, 11%
Farm Machinery, 10%
Milk Cows, 8%
Calf, 5%