These tables present farm worker employment data. There are three data series from the Employment Development Department (EDD): EDD Monthly Data, EDD Annual Data, and EDD Regional Data and one series from the Census of Agriculture. Each is described more fully below.

EDD Monthly Data:
These tables include the number of wage and salary jobs reported by employers or reporting units with agricultural Standard Industrial Classification codes. Employment is reported by the location of the employer, not where the worker lives-a worker could live in a different county.

There are two agricultural industries: farm production (operations that produce and sell crops and livestock, SIC 01,02) and farm services (primarily operations that bring workers to farms to provide harvesting and other services to farm operators, SIC 01,02 071,072,076,08,09). Employment by month and industry are reported for 1993, the first year such data were available, 1999, and 2000. At the end of each year, Max reports the maximum monthly employment, Min reports the minimum monthly employment, and ratio is Max divided by Min, often called the peak-trough ratio-a higher ratio means more seasonality.

A complete description of the data and updates are at: http://www.calmis.cahwnet.gov/htmlfile/subject/indtable.htm

EDD Annual Data:
These tables include the number of wage and salary jobs reported by employers or reporting units with agricultural Standard Industrial Classification codes. Employment is reported by the location of the employer, not where the worker lives-a worker could live in a different county.

There are two agricultural industries: farm production (operations that produce and sell crops and livestock, SIC 01,02) and farm services (primarily operations that bring workers to farms to provide harvesting and other services to farm operators, SIC 01,02 071,072,076,08,09). Average annual employment, which is monthly employment summed and divided by 12, is reported for 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000, with the change from 1985 to 2000 calculated when possible. For reference, civilian employment and unemployment for the county in these years is included, as is employment in food and kindred products (SIC 20) and total farm employment, which is farm production plus farm services.

A complete description of the data and updates are at: http://www.calmis.cahwnet.gov/htmlfile/subject/indtable.htm

EDD Regional Data:
Agricultural Employment Reports provide employment and earnings data on wage and salary workers employed during the week that includes the 12th of the month from a sample of 4,200 California employers. These data are available for detailed crop categories, such as vegetables and melons or farm labor contractors, but only for multi-county regions.

These data are for 1993 and 1999, by major commodity and region. The complete data at: http://www.calmis.cahwnet.gov/file/agric/AgCalif.xls

Census of Agriculture:
Census of Agriculture 1997 provides employer-reported data on workers hired and labor expenditures by size of employer and duration of employment on the reporting farm. The data report how many farms hired workers and how many workers they hired (workers hired on two farms are counted twice), and how many farms hired 10 or more workers and how many workers they hired. The data distinguish between workers hired for more and less than 150 days on the responding farm.

The complete data are at: http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census97/volume1/ca-5/ca2_05.pdf

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