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Also called agriculture laborer, farm laborer, general farm laborer and greenhouse laborer.

$35,660
Median pay a year
265,500
People do this work
6
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Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Summary

Farmworker planting, cultivating, and harvesting fruits and vegetables using hand tools and machinery. Duties include operating irrigation equipment, recording crop information, and supervising seasonal help during planting and harvesting

Experience

Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year
  • Harvested fruits and vegetables by hand on the farm
  • Planted, sprayed, weeded, fertilized, watered, and pruned plants using gardening tools
  • Operated tractors and machinery to prepare soil and plant crops
  • Set up and operated irrigation equipment for crops and plants
  • Recorded information about crops, including pesticide use and yields
  • Directed and monitored casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting
  • Participated in inspecting, grading, sorting, and storing crops

Skills

Core Skills
Operating irrigation systems, Evaluating plant quality, Preparing land for agriculture, Examining living behavior, Marking agricultural products, Driver's license, Maintaining operational records, Sorting forestry or agricultural materials
Hands-On Work
Transporting equipment, Harvesting agricultural products, Building agricultural structures

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  • High School Diploma
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  • Recorded detailed crop information to support effective management and monitoring.
  • Inspected and sorted crops to ensure quality and compliance with standards.

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Recorded detailed crop information that helped identify issues early on for better management and monitoring

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Helped identify issues early onImproved crop management decisionsEnhanced overall crop quality

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Inspected and sorted crops to ensure quality and compliance with standards.

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Reduced waste from poor qualityIncreased customer satisfactionMaintained higher market standards

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  • Operating irrigation systems
  • Evaluating plant quality
  • Transporting equipment
  • Harvesting agricultural products
  • Preparing land for agriculture
  • Building agricultural structures
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Examining living behavior
  • Marking agricultural products
  • Sorting forestry or agricultural materials
  • Cleaning equipment and facilities
  • Loading agricultural products

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What a Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse does

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Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

What it pays

How much does a Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse make?

Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.

25th percentile$34,320
Median$35,660
75th percentile$38,840

About 265,500 people do this work in the United States.

What it pays in each state
State25th percentileMedian75th percentile
AK$30,460$36,780$62,400
AL$29,600$33,870$37,570
AR$30,140$32,970$36,260
AZ$31,140$35,080$35,790
CA$34,490$35,580$37,630
CO$34,950$38,170$43,930
CT$34,010$36,950$44,710
DE$31,200$33,090$34,830
FL$29,280$30,640$35,820
GA$28,370$30,300$36,980
HI$33,530$36,990$44,150
IA$30,610$37,590$39,500
ID$31,240$34,470$36,680
IL$35,920$41,050$46,760
IN$31,200$36,980$46,480
KS$31,430$37,020$41,000
KY$29,450$33,050$38,520
LA$29,760$33,260$37,140
MA$36,310$38,220$44,670
MD$35,900$38,420$43,110
ME$36,610$39,060$47,990
MI$34,490$38,680$42,290
MN$32,800$38,080$44,380
MO$29,330$36,280$40,200
MS$27,700$30,250$37,510
MT$33,280$41,390$47,150
NC$29,820$33,870$36,640
ND$30,750$31,080$37,340
NE$35,200$39,530$45,330
NH$30,090$35,920$42,280
NJ$35,800$37,710$44,010
NM$26,200$31,150$35,460
NV$32,130$33,280$36,240
NY$36,240$40,930$45,640
OH$31,910$37,470$43,230
OK$27,780$33,090$38,480
OR$31,460$34,070$37,400
PA$32,230$37,010$44,300
PR$21,840$21,960$25,860
RI$34,900$37,540$48,640
SC$29,420$35,110$45,040
SD$35,930$42,260$47,290
TN$29,450$31,020$36,330
TX$28,690$32,840$35,890
UT$27,550$33,490$39,020
VA$32,120$35,580$39,710
VT$34,580$35,170$45,200
WA$36,470$39,170$42,650
WI$30,680$35,360$39,440
WV$28,080$31,050$36,080
WY$47,060$55,180$57,050

Other names

Other names for this job

agriculture laborer, farm laborer, general farm laborer, greenhouse laborer, irrigation laborer, nursery laborer, produce laborer, propagation laborer, tree tapping laborer, farmworkers and laborers crop nursery and greenhouse, agriculture worker, apple picker.

More names for this work

apple thinner, apple turner, asparagus cutter, bale sewer, baller, bean picker, beet topper, beet worker, berry and nut harvester, berry picker, berry planter, bog worker, brush cutter, budder, bulb farmworker, bulb grower, bulb packer, bulb planter, bulb weeder, cane burner, cane cutter, cane flume watcher, cane flume watchman, cane loader, cane packer, cane pusher, cane stripper, carrot buncher, carrot harvester, carrot tier, celery cutter, celery packer, celery stripper, celery tier, celery wrapper, citrus fruit packer, citrus picker, corn detasseler, corn husker, corn picker, corn sheller, corn shredder, corn shucker, cotton picker, cotton puller, cotton stomper, crop duster helper, crop farm helper.

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