Farm Labor Contractors
Agriculture, Food and Natural ResourcesO*NET 13-1074.00United States
Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
- Median annual earnings
- $58,469
- Projected change
- +6.4%
- Typical education
- High school diploma or less
- Employment
- 376 jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
90.8% of the workforce
Growing to 400 by 2035
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The work
What farm labor contractors do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
- Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
- Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
- Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
- Supervise the work of contracted employees.
- Furnish tools for employee use.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $30,930
- 25th percentile
- $35,714
- 50th percentile
- $58,469
- 75th percentile
- $79,602
- 90th percentile
- $84,053
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $58,469 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+6.4%faster than average
2025376 jobs
2035 projected400 jobs
24 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- High school diploma or less
- 90.8%
- Some college
- 8.9%
- Associate degree
- 0.1%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 0.1%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Operation and Control
- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Operations Monitoring
- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Crew Members18 postings
- 02Field Crew Members6 postings
- 03Managers/Crew Members4 postings
- 04Agent Team Members3 postings
- 05Crew Leaders3 postings
- 06Horticulture Supervisors3 postings
- 07Restaurant Crew Members3 postings
- 08Frozen Managers2 postings
- 09Agricultural Managers1 postings
- 10Blueberry Harvesters1 postings
- 11Construction Crew Members1 postings
- 12Field Employees1 postings
- 13Irrigation Specialists1 postings
- 14Operations Crew Members1 postings
- 15Outdoor Specialists1 postings
- 16Sow Farm Managers1 postings
- 17Team Members1 postings
- 18Town Council Members1 postings
Top employers
- 01Tulare County3 postings
- 02Uac Field LTD3 postings
- 03Vibe Cannabis3 postings
- 04Bayer2 postings
- 05Köru2 postings
- 06Three Creeks Produce2 postings
- 07Alter Farms1 postings
- 08Breaux Design Group1 postings
- 09Bridgewater Farm1 postings
- 10Calaway Farms1 postings
- 11Catspring Yaupon1 postings
- 12Cibola Farms1 postings
- 13Foothill Roots Farm1 postings
- 14Frisky Girl Farm1 postings
- 15Long Lane Farm1 postings
- 16Lost Lake Farm1 postings
- 17Lucky Star Marketing1 postings
- 18Mariani Enterprises1 postings
- 19Natureworks Landscape Services1 postings
- 20Pennypack Farm & Education Center1 postings
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