Farm labour vs livestock yard attendant

The differences between farm labours and livestock yard attendants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a livestock yard attendant has an average salary of $33,717, 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 livestock yard attendant are light maintenance, rental equipment, and construction equipment.

Farm labour vs livestock yard attendant overview

	Farm Labour	Livestock Yard Attendant
Yearly salary	$26,720	$33,717
Hourly rate	$12.85	$16.21
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	25,319	48,135
Job satisfaction	4	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 43%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Farm labour vs livestock yard attendant salary

Farm labours and livestock yard attendants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Farm Labour	Livestock Yard Attendant
Average salary	$26,720	$33,717
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $33,000	Between $25,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	Yakima, WA	Cicero, NY
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Vermont
Best paying company	Cargill	Ryder System
Best paying industry	Finance	Professional

Differences between farm labour and livestock yard attendant education

There are a few differences between a farm labour and a livestock yard attendant in terms of educational background:

	Farm Labour	Livestock Yard Attendant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	High School Diploma, 43%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Farm labour vs livestock yard attendant demographics

Here are the differences between farm labours' and livestock yard attendants' demographics:

	Farm Labour	Livestock Yard Attendant
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 80.5% Female, 19.5%	Male, 90.2% Female, 9.8%
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, 4.7% Unknown, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 26.8% Asian, 1.9% White, 62.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between farm labour and livestock yard attendant 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.

Livestock yard attendant example responsibilities.

Wash dishes, maintain appearance of facilities, prep for cooking, run the some cooking equipment.
Assist in cutting grass, trimming hedges, pulling weeds, planting flowers, applying chemicals to kill weeds.
Operate self-propelled riding equipment such as trucks, utility vehicles and mechanical rakes.

Farm labour vs livestock yard attendant skills

Common farm labour skills

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

Common livestock yard attendant skills

Light Maintenance, 69%
Rental Equipment, 7%
Construction Equipment, 6%
CDL, 4%
Customer Service, 4%
General Maintenance, 3%