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Farmworker Rice Salary
in California, United States
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$28,771 (USD)
Average Salary
$14/hr
Average Hourly
$293
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Farmworker Rice is $28,771 a year and $14 an hour in California, United States. The average salary range for a Farmworker Rice is between $22,758 and $32,454. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in California, United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
$32,318
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About California, United States
California Cost of Living Score:
Description:
California ( KAL-ih-FORN-yə, -FOR-nee-ə) is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 38.9 million residents across a total area of approximately 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the most populous U.S. state, the third-largest U.S. state by area, and the most populated subnational entity in North America.
The Greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas in California are the nation's second and fifth-most populous urban regions respectively...
Job Summary
Description:
- Drives and operates rice-farm machinery to prepare land, till soil, build ditches and levees, and harvest rice crop: hitches farm implements to tractor, and drives tractor along existing swaths and contours of rice field to plow and level fields and build or shore up ditches and levees of flood-irrigation system.
- Plants rice seed, or soaks rice seed in water and loads germinated seed onto airplane for aerial seeding of field.
- Loads fertilizer and weed killer into airplane, and stands at edge of field or positions markers indicating field pass by airplane to prevent overlap and gaps during aerial spraying.
- Drives tractor with harrow attachment over aerially seeded fields to cover seeds with dirt.
- Sets mowing controls and drives combine through fields to cut and thresh rice, stopping to adjust controls when amount of grain observed in chaff and amount of chaff observed in grain hoppers exceed allowable amounts.
- Transfers grain from combine hopper to grain truck, using transfer auger.
- Patrols irrigation ditches to detect obstructions and earthen deterioration, and removes debris and shores-up levees and ditches with shovel to ensure complete flooding of fields.
- Starts irrigation pumps, removes levee gates, and breaks apart levees to flood or drain field sections as directed.
- Performs miscellaneous duties, such as cleaning and lubricating farm equipment, loading and unloading trucks, and repairing buildings and fences.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Farmworker Rice is $28,771 a year and $14 an hour in California, United States. The average salary range for a Farmworker Rice is between $22,758 and $32,454. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in California, United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Farmworker Rice Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Job family population: 284,000
Estimated population of Farmworker Rice jobs: 15,322
Rate of error: 1.0%
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About California, United States
California Cost of Living Score:
Description:
California ( KAL-ih-FORN-yə, -FOR-nee-ə) is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 38.9 million residents across a total area of approximately 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the most populous U.S. state, the third-largest U.S. state by area, and the most populated subnational entity in North America.
The Greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas in California are the nation's second and fifth-most populous urban regions respectively...
Job Summary
Description:
- Drives and operates rice-farm machinery to prepare land, till soil, build ditches and levees, and harvest rice crop: hitches farm implements to tractor, and drives tractor along existing swaths and contours of rice field to plow and level fields and build or shore up ditches and levees of flood-irrigation system.
- Plants rice seed, or soaks rice seed in water and loads germinated seed onto airplane for aerial seeding of field.
- Loads fertilizer and weed killer into airplane, and stands at edge of field or positions markers indicating field pass by airplane to prevent overlap and gaps during aerial spraying.
- Drives tractor with harrow attachment over aerially seeded fields to cover seeds with dirt.
- Sets mowing controls and drives combine through fields to cut and thresh rice, stopping to adjust controls when amount of grain observed in chaff and amount of chaff observed in grain hoppers exceed allowable amounts.
- Transfers grain from combine hopper to grain truck, using transfer auger.
- Patrols irrigation ditches to detect obstructions and earthen deterioration, and removes debris and shores-up levees and ditches with shovel to ensure complete flooding of fields.
- Starts irrigation pumps, removes levee gates, and breaks apart levees to flood or drain field sections as directed.
- Performs miscellaneous duties, such as cleaning and lubricating farm equipment, loading and unloading trucks, and repairing buildings and fences.
Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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