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Real wages for U.S. nonsupervisory farm and nonfarm workers, 1990–2023

by Marcelo Castillo
11/21/2024

Farm Labor

A bar/line chart shows real wages for U.S. nonsupervisory farm and nonfarm workers from 1990 to 2023. The average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average U.S. nonfarm wage has increased from roughly 50 percent in 1990 to 61 percent in 2023.

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According to data from the Farm Labor Survey, real (inflation-adjusted) wages for nonsupervisory crop and livestock workers (excluding contract labor) rose at an average annual rate of 1.1 percent per year between 1990 and 2023. In the past 5 years, however, real farm wages grew at 2.1 percent per year, consistent with growers' reports that workers were harder than usual to find.

Real wages for U.S. nonsupervisory farm and nonfarm workers, 1990–2023

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