Farmworkers

In the United States

Farmworkers in the United States have unique demographics, wages, working conditions, organizing, and environmental aspects. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, approximately 2,112,626 full-time workers were employed in production agriculture in the U.S. in 2019 and approximately 1.4 to 2.1 million hired crop workers are employed annually on crop farms in the U.S. In 2025, the Department of Agriculture found the average age among farmworkers to be 39.6 years old, the average wage to be $17.23 per hour, and the average number of hours worked to be 40.8 per week.