Hiring Farm Labor Contractors

What do farm labor contractors 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.

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What does it take to become one?

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

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Employers commonly list experience with Facebook, Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook for this role.

What do farm labor contractors get paid?

BLS OEWS does not publish a wage for this specific occupation code at the metro level in this build. Pay for farm labor contractors is set case by case on the discovery call.

What does hiring one cost?

The same as any role: tier, not location or salary, sets the fee. Across all six tiers the published range is $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm would typically bill 20 to 30% of the first year salary instead.

Frequently asked

How fast can a farm labor contractors search fill?

23 to 35 days, 2 to 3x faster than a typical contingency search, per the recruiting provider's published figures.

What if the hire does not work out?

A 45-day replacement guarantee, at 50% off a repeat search for the same role.