Farmworker employment increases in spring and peaks in the summer: Unemployment-insurance-covered employment in crop, animal, and crop support agriculture, 2018
| Crops | Animals | Crop support | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 | 444,727 | 258,685 | 286,890 |
| 2018-02-01 | 468,608 | 259,262 | 296,338 |
| 2018-03-01 | 492,651 | 261,386 | 279,983 |
| 2018-04-01 | 539,485 | 262,323 | 322,193 |
| 2018-05-01 | 576,550 | 266,132 | 363,201 |
| 2018-06-01 | 619,037 | 269,758 | 385,042 |
| 2018-07-01 | 624,332 | 269,423 | 392,481 |
| 2018-08-01 | 603,611 | 268,574 | 376,804 |
| 2018-09-01 | 611,683 | 265,375 | 366,898 |
| 2018-10-01 | 604,342 | 265,776 | 360,669 |
| 2018-11-01 | 528,561 | 263,809 | 332,373 |
| 2018-12-01 | 479,123 | 262,850 | 302,493 |
Note: “Crop support” is mostly a measure of workers brought to farms by labor contractors.
Source: Authors’ analysis of U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages