Ag Labor Market Data
US and Mexico Agricultural Labor, Production, and Trade Data
2002 - 2022 U.S. Census of Agriculture Data for all Farms
Data on Total Payroll Costs, Sales, and Operating Expenses for all Farms and Ranches, County-level
Below explore a map summarizing U.S. Census of Agriculture data on farm expenditures on hired and contract employees at the county-level. The colors indicate the share of payroll costs relative to total operating expenses (the first tab) or the share relative to total commodity sales (the second tab). Hover over a county for a more detailed breakdown of payroll expenses, total operating expenses, and total commodity sales. Use the dropdown menu at the top of the map to change the year of data you are viewing (2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, or 2022).
2022 U.S. Census of Agriculture Data by Commodity
Data on Payroll Percent of Operating Expenses and Payroll Percent of Sales by Commodity Type, State-level
Beginning in 2012, the U.S. Census of Agriculture has made data available for states at more refined industry-levels. Explore these data from the 2022 Census of Ag related to employee expenses, total operating expenses, and commodity sales below. Use the checkboxes at the bottom of the map to filter the data to a particular industry.
1995 - 2022 Mexico Farm Production and Export Data
Data on Mexico's Total Farm Production and Exports to the U.S. by Crop, Country-Level
Below explore a chart summarizing trends in Mexico farm production and exports to the U.S. Use the checkboxes on the right of the map to filter the data to a particular crop. Production data come from the Mexican Agrifisheries Information Service and were assembled by James Sayre (UC Davis). Export data were compiled by Thibault Fally (UC Berkeley) and James Sayre (UC Berkeley); additional detail on these data, as well as the full dataset are available on Dr. Fally's webpage: https://are.berkeley.edu/~fally/data.html
2022 Mexico Census of Agriculture Data
Data on Labor Costs, Farm Sales, and More by Crop, State-level
Below explore data from the 2022 Mexico Census of Agriculture, compiled and analyzed by James Sayre (UC Davis). Use the checkboxes on the right of the map to filter the data to a particular industry. Darker colors indicate relatively higher labor shares of total farm sales in that state, for the crops selected. If you hover over any state, you will see information on total farm sales, payroll costs, and number of workers. Please note that we are currently only able to include jornaleros, or temporary workers, in our analysis. We estimate that the total wage bill, including permanent workers, is 3.33 times what is shown here, reflecting that jornaleros account for approximately 30% of total labor costs.
