Farm labour vs field worker

The differences between farm labours and field workers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a field worker has an average salary of $27,114, 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 field worker are home health, safety procedures, and safety regulations.

Farm labour vs field worker overview

	Farm Labour	Field Worker
Yearly salary	$26,720	$27,114
Hourly rate	$12.85	$13.04
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	25,319	101,737
Job satisfaction	4	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Farm labour vs field worker salary

Farm labours and field workers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Farm Labour	Field Worker
Average salary	$26,720	$27,114
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $33,000	Between $22,000 And $33,000
Highest paying City	Yakima, WA	Santa Rosa, CA
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Vermont
Best paying company	Cargill	American Water
Best paying industry	Finance	Manufacturing

Differences between farm labour and field worker education

There are a few differences between a farm labour and a field worker in terms of educational background:

	Farm Labour	Field Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Farm labour vs field worker demographics

Here are the differences between farm labours' and field workers' demographics:

	Farm Labour	Field Worker
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 80.5% Female, 19.5%	Male, 64.1% Female, 35.9%
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, 4.8% Unknown, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 34.8% Asian, 1.9% White, 54.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between farm labour and field worker 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.

Field worker example responsibilities.

Weld pipe stack pipe load frac sand operate end loaders backhoes bobcats trenches.
Connect sections of drill pipe, collar, drill bitsClean and oil pulleys, blocks, and cableshelp wherever need
Access Cisco 6400 , 10K routers to troubleshoot DSL issues.
Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, hedge or brush trimmers.
Design and arrange planters for resale.
Operate pneumatic hammers, vibrators and tampers.

Farm labour vs field worker skills

Common farm labour skills

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

Common field worker skills

Home Health, 54%
Safety Procedures, 6%
Safety Regulations, 6%
CDL, 5%
Mowing, 3%
Data Collection, 3%