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Farm Labor Contractors
Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
- Median pay
- $48,690
- per year
- 10-year outlook
- +6%
- Growing
- Typical entry
- No formal educational credential
Key skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Judgment and Decision Making
What they do
- Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
- Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
- Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
- Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
- Supervise the work of contracted employees.
- Furnish tools for employee use.
- Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.
Majors that lead here
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, Employment Projections) and O*NET, used under CC BY 4.0.