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US field workers earned an average of $18.58 an hour in April 2025, up 2%, according to the USDA.

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$18.58 USD per hour
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United States · April 2025
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official statistic
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Primary Government statistics
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USDA NASS
Title
Farm Labor (May 2025)
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https://release.nass.usda.gov/reports/fmla0525.pdf
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“…Field workers received an average of $18.58 per hour, up 2 percent…”

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  • USDA discontinued the Farm Labor Survey after August 2025, so this series may not be updated.

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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/

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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/.

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“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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@misc{whirrwork_us_farm_field_worker_wage_2025,
  author       = {{Whirrwork}},
  title        = {{US field workers earned an average of \$18.58 an hour in April 2025, up 2\%, according to the USDA}},
  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = oct,
  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-farm-field-worker-wage-2025/},
  urldate      = {2026-10-25},
  note         = {Original source: USDA NASS, Farm Labor (May 2025) (2025-05-21). Licensed CC BY 4.0}
}

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USDA NASS. (2025, May 21). Farm Labor (May 2025). https://release.nass.usda.gov/reports/fmla0525.pdf

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