Texas and Oklahoma Farm Labor Report Table

For information contact Bret Holliman.

June 18, 2008.

Farm and Ranch Workers, Hours Worked and Wage Rates
Item		Southern Plains ^1/			United States ^2/
Item		April 8-14, 2007	January 6-12, 2008 ^3/	April 6-12, 2008	April 8-14, 2007 *	January 6-12, 2008 *	April 2-12, 2008
Workers Hired (thousands)	For 150 days or more	38	52	35	593	506	563
	For 149 days or less	12	7	10	143	88	137
	Total Hired	50	59	45	736	594	700
Hours Worked (hours per week)		37.9	38.4	42.1	40.7	38.4	41.0
Wage Rates (dollars per hour)	All hired	9.22	9.81	9.72	10.20	10.81	10.60
	Field workers	8.35	8.49	8.51	9.35	9.67	9.65
	Livestock workers	9.41	10.03	9.74	9.59	10.18	10.32
1/ Oklahoma and Texas. 2/ Excludes Alaska and agricultural service workers. 3/ The January Labor Report was not issued. * Revised.