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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
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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:
• 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 [email protected] www.nass.usda.gov
