Business and Financial Operations Occupations
BLS May 2025 wages Wide pay band SOC 13-1074

Farm Labor Contractors

The published band from $30,930 to $84,050 is the distinctive signal for this role, not a twin of Financial Risk Specialists.

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Same-major-group titles next to Farm Labor Contractors: Financial Risk Specialists ($117K) , Financial Specialists, All Other ($81K) , Personal Financial Advisors ($105K) , Management Analysts ($102K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.

What Farm Labor Contractors publish as work

O*NET task statements for SOC 13-1074 - occupation-level descriptions, not every employer's posting. Sibling cards diverge here because the task set is entity-keyed.

  1. 1. Pay wages of contracted farm laborers
  2. 2. Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers
  3. 3. Recruit and hire agricultural workers
  4. 4. Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites
  5. 5. Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules
  6. 6. Supervise the work of contracted employees
  7. 7. Furnish tools for employee use

Farm Labor Contractors: O*NET ranks Speaking first

Importance-ranked O*NET profile for SOC 13-1074 - lead skill Speaking at 3.5 ; lead knowledge Foreign Language. Sibling cards diverge here even when peer titles overlap.

Top skills

  1. 1. Speaking 3.5
  2. 2. Active Listening 3.4
  3. 3. Management of Personnel Resources 3.3
  4. 4. Time Management 3.1
  5. 5. Critical Thinking 3.0
  6. 6. Social Perceptiveness 3.0
  7. 7. Coordination 3.0
  8. 8. Judgment and Decision Making 3.0

Knowledge areas

  1. 1. Foreign Language 3.5
  2. 2. Food Production 3.5
  3. 3. Mathematics 3.5
  4. 4. Personnel and Human Resources 3.4
  5. 5. Production and Processing 3.3
  6. 6. Law and Government 3.2
Published pay band (10th to 90th)
$30,930 to $84,050
median $58,460 · ~2.7× spread
$58K
National median
↑ +6%
Growth 2024-2034
300
Annual openings
310
Estimated US jobs
Financial Risk Specialists
Highest-pay peer · $117K

Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments

Entry education No formal educational credential
Related experience Less than 5 years

Top Paying States for Farm Labor Contractors

1. California $85,710
2. Minnesota $50,730
3. Florida $79,590

Other Business and Financial Operations Occupations titles

  1. 1. Financial Risk Specialists $117,330
  2. 2. Personal Financial Advisors $105,070
  3. 3. Management Analysts $101,860
  4. 4. Financial Specialists, All Other $81,100
  5. 5. Budget Analysts $91,640
  6. 6. Logisticians $82,320

The OEWS band for Farm Labor Contractors runs from $30,930 (10th) to $84,050 (90th), about 2.7× wide, with median $58,460. That spread, not the midpoint alone, is the distinctive published fact.

Employment Projections expect +6% change between 2024 and 2034 (faster than average vs baseline 3.1%). About 300 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns No formal educational credential as typical education needed for entry and less than 5 years as the typical related-work-experience category. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.

Highest published state median in this ranking: California at $85,710. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Financial Risk Specialists at $117,330. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.

Farm Labor Contractors pay-rank #30 in Business and Financial Operations Occupations

On the Business and Financial Operations Occupations median table (32 detailed occupations with OEWS medians), Farm Labor Contractors lands at #30, in the lower third. That rank is a table position, not a statement about individual workers.

Other lower-third titles · closest medians

Full Salary Details Compare this role

Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.

SOC 13-1074 · national median $58,460 · lower third of Business and Financial Operations Occupations (#30/32). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.

Farm Labor Contractors salary map

State, metro, and percentile for SOC 13-1074

California · top state for Farm Labor Contractors

$86K published median

Minnesota · #2 state pay

$51K · behind California

Financial Risk Specialists

Highest-pay peer vs Farm Labor Contractors · $117K

Financial Specialists, All Other

Lower-pay peer beside Farm Labor Contractors · $81K

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Farm Labor Contractors land on the Business and Financial Operations Occupations median table? ▼
Farm Labor Contractors is pay-rank #30 of 32 in this major group, lower third of the median table. Closest lower-third titles: Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners ($61K), Tax Preparers ($55K), Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents ($62K), Credit Counselors ($52K). That position is a table rank, not a worker percentile.
What do farm labor contractors do day to day? ▼
O*NET lists published task statements for Farm Labor Contractors. Leading ones include: Pay wages of contracted farm laborers; Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers; Recruit and hire agricultural workers; Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites. These are occupation-level task descriptions, not every employer's job description.
Which O*NET skills rank highest for farm labor contractors? ▼
For SOC 13-1074, O*NET importance scores lead with Speaking (3.5), Active Listening (3.4), Management of Personnel Resources (3.3), Time Management (3.1). Knowledge areas emphasize Foreign Language, Food Production, Mathematics. These are occupation-level profiles, not a hiring checklist for every employer.
How wide is the published pay band for Farm Labor Contractors? ▼
OEWS places the 10th percentile at $30,930 and the 90th at $84,050 for Farm Labor Contractors (2.7× spread). The national median is $58,460. OEWS does not isolate experience, employer, or geography as the cause of that spread.
What employment change does BLS publish for Farm Labor Contractors? ▼
The 2024-2034 projection for Farm Labor Contractors is +6%. Projected annual openings: about 300. Relative to the current all-occupations baseline of 3.1%: faster than average.
What typical entry education does BLS assign to Farm Labor Contractors? ▼
BLS assigns No formal educational credential as the typical-education-needed-for-entry category for Farm Labor Contractors. Related-work-experience category: less than 5 years. These are occupation-level labels, not every employer's hiring rule.
Which three states show the highest OEWS medians for Farm Labor Contractors? ▼
California ($85,710), Minnesota ($50,730), Florida ($79,590) lead this ranking. The table does not identify why those state estimates differ.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

Disclaimer: Wage and outlook figures on this page are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute career, financial, or salary-negotiation advice. Actual pay varies by employer, experience, and local conditions; consult a career counselor or the hiring employer for guidance specific to your situation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025

Federal sources on this Farm Labor Contractors card
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 13-1074. bls.gov/oes
  • O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Farm Labor Contractors. onetcenter.org
  • BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
  • U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
  • IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics