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Wages



Remuneration

- For people in custom harvest crews it is a combination of salary and hourly rates. The pay is based on hours actually worked and not all employers will pay you for the time travelling to the field or waiting for harvest to begin. The employer will furnish transportation to and from the worksite. Farm employees are paid according to hours worked. All employees are paid at least twice monthly and no bonus is required to be paid. Each state has a rate determined by the US Department of Labour.

Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) Indicator /1Hired Workers: Annual Average Wage RatesBy Region and United States, 2004-05 /2 /4

U.S. and Region All Hired Field Field & Livestock
2004
Dollars per Hour		 2005
Dollars per Hour		 2004
Dollars per Hour 		2005
Dollars per Hour		 2004
Dollars per Hour		 2005
Dollars per Hour
Cornbelt I
(IL ILLINOIS,
IN INDIANA,
OH OHIO)
9.89 9.79 9.16 9.35 9.20 9.21
Cornbelt II
(IA IOWA,
MO MISSOURI)
9.45 10.16 8.79 9.00 8.95 9.49
Delta
(AR ARKANSAS,
LA LOUISIANA,
MS MISSISSIPPI)
8.08 7.93 7.71 7.54 7.80 7.58
Northern Plains
(KS KANSAS,
NE NEBRASKA,
ND NORTH DAKOTA,
SD SOUTH DAKOTA)
9.33 9.61 9.08 9.22 9.00 9.23
Southern Plains
(OK OKLAHOMA
TX TEXAS)
8.60 9.08 7.72 7.92 7.89 8.32
Mountain I
(ID IDAHO ,
MT MONTANA,
WY WYOMING)
8.55 8.84 8.08 8.27 8.20 8.47
Mountain II(CO COLORADO,
NV NEVADA,
UT UTAH)
9.63 9.06 8.89 8.06 8.93 8.37
Mountain III
(AZ ARIZONA,
NM NEW MEXICO)
8.18 8.61 7.33 7.65 7.63 8.00