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  "slug": "us-farm-field-worker-wage-2025",
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  "topic": "labour",
  "claim": "US field workers earned an average of $18.58 an hour in April 2025, up 2%, according to the USDA.",
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    "geography": "United States",
    "period": "April 2025"
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    "kind": "Government statistics",
    "name": "USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service",
    "title": "Farm Labor (May 2025)",
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    "published": "2025-05-21",
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    "url": "https://release.nass.usda.gov/reports/fmla0525.pdf",
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    "text": "Field workers received an average of $18.58 per hour, up 2 percent",
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  "caveats": [
    "USDA discontinued the Farm Labor Survey after August 2025, so this series may not be updated."
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  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). US field workers earned an average of $18.58 an hour in April 2025, up 2%, according to the USDA [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-farm-field-worker-wage-2025/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “US field workers earned an average of $18.58 an hour in April 2025, up 2%, according to the USDA.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-farm-field-worker-wage-2025/.",
    "mla": "“US field workers earned an average of $18.58 an hour in April 2025, up 2%, according to the USDA.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-farm-field-worker-wage-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
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    "source_apa": "USDA NASS. (2025, May 21). Farm Labor (May 2025). https://release.nass.usda.gov/reports/fmla0525.pdf"
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