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Agricultural Labor Survey

United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

Curt Stock Survey Deputy Regional Director

April 12, 2018

Topics

• NASS Ag Labor Survey

• Ag Wage Trends

• 2017 Census of Agriculture

NASS Ag Labor Survey (Conducted in cooperation with

the Department of Labor)

Data Collection

• 20 year collaboration with CA - EDD’s monthly labor program

• Reduce respondent burden

• NASS: Quarterly survey (CA only)

• States other then CA, collect data twice a year

• April: Data collected for January & April

• October: Data collected for July & October

Data Collection • Use of reference weeks

• Sunday to Saturday period including the 12th of the month

• Comparable to other economic and labor-related data series

• Four quarterly reference weeks basis of “annual” estimates

Data Collection

• Sample Size:

• US: ~14,000

• CA: ~1,000

• What’s Collected?

• Number of hired workers worked on the farm

• Total number of hours worked

• Total wages paid each reference week

Data Collection

• Modes of Collection:

• Mail

• Week before the 12th of the month (reference week)

• Fax

• Phone

• Begins 2 weeks after mail

• Concludes 2 weeks later

When is the Publication? • Publication Date:

• Mid-May & Mid-November

• Next release: May 7, 2018 at noon (PT)

• May will contain the following quarters:

• January

• April

What’s Published? • Quarterly estimates by regional & US-levels

• CA, FL & HI are single-state regions

• Hired workers: • All • Temporary (149 days or less) • Permanent (150 days or more)

• Average hours per week worked, per worker

• Wage rates:• All hired worker wage rate • Field worker wage rate • Livestock worker wage rate • Field & livestock worker combined wage rate

What’s Published? • Annual estimates by regional & US-levels

• Hired workers

• Average hours per week worked, per worker

• Average wage rates

• All hired worker wage rate

• Field worker wage rate

• Field & livestock worker combined wage rate

Trends

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

Labor - Crop

6. 66

12. 51

6. 79

13. 01

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

$ / H

o u r

US CA

14

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Labor - Crop & Liv esto ck 13.18

12.47

6. 64 6. 87

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

$ / H

o u r

US CA

14

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Labor - Califo rnia 13.18

6. 79

13. 01

6. 87

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

$ / H

o u r

Crop Crop & Liv estock

JAN

97

JAN98

JAN99

JAN00

JAN01

JAN02

JAN03

JAN04

JAN05

JAN06

APR 07

APR 08

APR 09

APR 10JUL 11JUL 12JUL 13JUL 14JUL 15JUL 16JUL 17

Quarte rly Lab or - Califo rnia 15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

$ / Hour $ / H

our

Livesto ck Crop

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Avg # of Hired Labor Workers per Quarter 1,000,000

876,500 900,000

800,000

700,000

600,000

500,000

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

0

731,300

188,800

US CA 153,800

# of W

orkers

JAN97

JUL 98

JAN00

JUL 01

JAN03

JUL 04

JAN06

OCT 07

APR 09

OCT 10JUL 12

JAN14

JUL 15

JAN17

# of

Workers

300,000

Quarterly Labor - California 300,000

250,000 250,000

200,000 200,000

150,000 150,000

100,000 100,000

50,000 50,000

0 0

# ofWorkers

GE 150 Days LT 150 Days

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Labor – Avg Ho urs Wo rked per Week 50 50

48 48

46 46

40

42

44

40

42

44

Hour sHour s

38 38

US CA

2017 Census of Agriculture Your Voice. Your Future. Your Opportunity.

United States Department of Agriculture www.agcensus.usda.gov National Agricultural Statistics Service

Census Questions

Census of Ag Website • https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/

• 2012 Census Results • County-level Data • Click on California

Census Data Available

• February 2019

Questions?

• NASS Survey Methodology:

• https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Methodology_and_Data_Quality/Farm_Labor/index.php

• Contact Information:

Curt Stock Deputy Regional Director 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 6-100 Sacramento, CA 9581 (916) 738-6603 Curt.Stock@nass.usda.gov www.nass.usda.gov