| Farm Employment and Wage Rates, Virginia-North Carolina and U.S., 1997 - 1998 | ||||||||||
| Farm Employment | Virginia - North Carolina | United States | ||||||||
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APR. 1997 |
JUL. 1997 |
OCT. 1997 |
JAN. 1998 |
APR. 1998 |
APR. 1997 |
JUL. 1997 |
OCT. 1997 |
JAN. 1998 |
APR. 1998 |
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| -Thousand- | -Thousand- | |||||||||
| Hired Workers: | ||||||||||
| Expected to be Employed: | ||||||||||
| 150 days or more | 29 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 654 | 689 | 648 | 528 | 619 |
| 149 days or less | 9 | 41 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 154 | 380 | 356 | 133 | 184 |
| Agricultural Services: | ||||||||||
| Workers Working on Farms | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 207 | 340 | 1,004 | 141 | 202 |
| Hired Farm & Service Workers | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1,015 | 1,409 | 1,287 | 802 | 1,005 |
| Hours Worked: | -Hours Per Week- | -Hours Per Week- | ||||||||
| Hired Workers | 41.4 | 38.3 | 31.3 | 35.1 | 38.3 | 40.4 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 36.6 | 40.0 |
| Wage Rates: |
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| For All Hired Workers 2/3/ | 6.49 | 5.87 | 6.73 | 6.97 | 7.13 | 7.03 | 6.88 | 7.31 | 7.61 | 7.50 |
| Type of Worker: | ||||||||||
| Field and Livestock Combined | 6.28 | 5.77 | 6.55 | 6.57 | 6.65 | 6.57 | 6.46 | 6.91 | 6.98 | 7.00 |
| Field | 6.04 | 5.62 | 6.51 | 6.50 | 6.51 | 6.64 | 6.44 | 6.94 | 6.99 | 7.00 |
| Livestock | 6.85 | 6.67 | 6.77 | 6.66 | 6.96 | 6.40 | 6.54 | 6.80 | 6.97 | 6.99 |
| 1/ Insufficient data for this category. 2/ Benefits, such as housing and meals, are provided some workers, but the values are not included in the wage rates. 3/ Excludes Agricultural Service Workers. | ||||||||||