Iowa farmworkers paid more than U.S. average
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa and Missouri farm operators are paying the workers they hire more than the national average. Farms in the two states directly hired 27,000 workers during the reference week of July 10 through July 16, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. They were paid an average wage of $13.72 per hour, up 83 cents per hour from $12.89 per hour in July 2015. Nationally, farm operators paid hired workers an average $13.02 per hour for the same period, up from $12.47 per hour in the USDA’s July 2015 reference week.
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