Real wages for U.S. nonsupervisory farm and nonfarm workers, 1990-2020

2020 dollars per hour (line)
Percent (bars)

Line/bar combo chart with 31 groups, 1 line and 1 bar per group.

Group 1, 1990.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 50.5.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.2.
Group 2, 1991.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 51.6.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.32.
Group 3, 1992.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.4.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.4.
Group 4, 1993.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.6.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.41.
Group 5, 1994.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.5.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.39.
Group 6, 1995.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.3.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.34.
Group 7, 1996.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.6.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.44.
Group 8, 1997.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.1.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.71.
Group 9, 1998.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.7.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.08.
Group 10, 1999.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.5.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.22.
Group 11, 2000.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.8.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.33.
Group 12, 2001.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.1.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.49.
Group 13, 2002.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.7.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.77.
Group 14, 2003.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.84.
Group 15, 2004.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.6.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.73.
Group 16, 2005.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.7.
Group 17, 2006.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.7.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.75.
Group 18, 2007.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.5.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.85.
Group 19, 2008.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.9.
Group 20, 2009.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.4.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.21.
Group 21, 2010.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.7.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.13.
Group 22, 2011.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.3.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.92.
Group 23, 2012.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.17.
Group 24, 2013.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 55.1.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.33.
Group 25, 2014.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.34.
Group 26, 2015.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 55.9.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.82.
Group 27, 2016.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 56.6.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 13.16.
Group 28, 2017.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 56.6.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 13.17.
Group 29, 2018.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 58.4.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 13.66.
Group 30, 2019.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 59.5.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 14.16.
Group 31, 2020.
Bar 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 59.2.
Line 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 14.62.

Note: The nonfarm wage includes nonsupervisory employees in mining and logging, manufacturing, and construction and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for about 80 percent of total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. The bars indicates the average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages for the aforementioned groups. Wages are adjusted for inflation using U.S Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer price index (CPI-U).
Source: USDA, Economic Research Service using data from USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Farm Labor Survey and nonfarm wage data from U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey.