This statistic shows the farming employment in the United States from 1998 to 2019. In 2019, the number of employees in this sector was around 965,000, including both part-time and full-time employees.
Farming employment in the United States from 1998 to 2019 (in 1,000)*
* Including full-time and part-time employees. Full-time work is defined as 35 or more hours per week, and part-time is defined as less than 35 hours per week.
** Data from 1998-2011 was taken from the Burea of Economic Analysis.
The data includes the annual average number of persons 15 years old and over in
the civilian non-institutional population who were employed as hired farm managers, supervisors, or laborers. Employment estimates are based on 12 monthly Current Population Survey microdata files.
Note: the sum of fulltime and part-time workers (as this statistic was calculated) is not equal to the actual total because the usual hours worked varies for some individuals.
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US Department of Agriculture, & Economic Research Service. (December 6, 2022). Farming employment in the United States from 1998 to 2019 (in 1,000)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/193212/employment-in-us-farming-since-1998/
US Department of Agriculture, und Economic Research Service. "Farming employment in the United States from 1998 to 2019 (in 1,000)*." Chart. December 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/193212/employment-in-us-farming-since-1998/
US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. (2022). Farming employment in the United States from 1998 to 2019 (in 1,000)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/193212/employment-in-us-farming-since-1998/
US Department of Agriculture, and Economic Research Service. "Farming Employment in The United States from 1998 to 2019 (in 1,000)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/193212/employment-in-us-farming-since-1998/
US Department of Agriculture & Economic Research Service, Farming employment in the United States from 1998 to 2019 (in 1,000)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/193212/employment-in-us-farming-since-1998/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Farming employment in the United States from 1998 to 2019 (in 1,000)* [Graph], US Department of Agriculture, & Economic Research Service, December 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/193212/employment-in-us-farming-since-1998/
