Real wages for U.S. nonsupervisory farm and nonfarm workers, 1990–2021

Line-bar combo chart with 32 groups, 1 line and 1 bar per group.

2021 dollars per hour (bars)
Percent (line)

Group 1, 1990.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.38.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 50.5.
Group 2, 1991.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.56.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 51.6.
Group 3, 1992.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.71.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.4.
Group 4, 1993.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.76.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.6.
Group 5, 1994.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.79.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.5.
Group 6, 1995.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.79.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.3.
Group 7, 1996.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 10.92.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 52.6.
Group 8, 1997.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.21.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.1.
Group 9, 1998.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.63.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.7.
Group 10, 1999.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.78.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.5.
Group 11, 2000.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 11.9.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.8.
Group 12, 2001.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.06.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.1.
Group 13, 2002.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.35.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.7.
Group 14, 2003.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.43.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Group 15, 2004.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.31.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.6.
Group 16, 2005.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.28.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Group 17, 2006.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.33.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.7.
Group 18, 2007.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.43.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.5.
Group 19, 2008.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.49.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Group 20, 2009.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.81.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.4.
Group 21, 2010.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.73.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.7.
Group 22, 2011.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.51.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 53.3.
Group 23, 2012.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.77.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Group 24, 2013.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.93.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 55.1.
Group 25, 2014.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 12.93.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 54.8.
Group 26, 2015.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 13.43.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 55.9.
Group 27, 2016.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 13.77.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 56.6.
Group 28, 2017.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 13.78.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 56.6.
Group 29, 2018.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 14.3.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 58.4.
Group 30, 2019.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 14.83.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 59.5.
Group 31, 2020.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 15.3.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 59.2.
Group 32, 2021.
Bar 1, Average real wage for nonsupervisory farm workers (left axis) 15.56.
Line 1, Average nonsupervisory farm wage as a percent of average nonfarm wages (right axis) 60.1.

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 indicate 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.