Farm worker vs milker

The differences between farm workers and milkers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a milker has an average salary of $30,339, which is higher than the $26,598 average annual salary of a farm worker.

The top three skills for a farm worker include harvest, mowing and farm equipment. The most important skills for a milker are milking, dairy farm, and calf.

Farm worker vs milker overview

	Farm Worker	Milker
Yearly salary	$26,598	$30,339
Hourly rate	$12.79	$14.59
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	25,368	281
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Farm worker vs milker salary

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

	Farm Worker	Milker
Average salary	$26,598	$30,339
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $33,000	Between $13,000 And $66,000
Highest paying City	Greenville, MS	Philadelphia, PA
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Vermont
Best paying company	FAT CATS CAFE	University of Wisconsin System
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Finance

Differences between farm worker and milker education

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

	Farm Worker	Milker
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Business	Animal Science
Most common college	-	-

Farm worker vs milker demographics

Here are the differences between farm workers' and milkers' demographics:

	Farm Worker	Milker
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 72.6% Female, 27.4%	Male, 58.7% Female, 41.3%
Race ratio	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%	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 23.3% Asian, 1.8% White, 66.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between farm worker and milker duties and responsibilities

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.

Milker example responsibilities.

Milk cows, treat sick cows, clean stalls/barns, tend calves, and assist with calf births.
Perform tasks such as feeding, medicating, washing, breeding, farrowing, and processing the pigs.
Power wash the milk room when finish milking, shovele the barns, and fed the calves and cows.
Assist farrowing sows through birth, sort pigs by size and by the amount of pigs she can nurse.
Implement vaccination and calf identification program.
Execute proper milking techniques and management practices every milking session.

Farm worker vs milker skills

Common farm worker skills

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

Common milker skills

Milking, 61%
Dairy Farm, 12%
Calf, 6%
Milk Cows, 3%
Goats, 3%
Skid Loader, 3%