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Farm Employment as a Percent of Total Employment
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So What?
1) Direct Farm Employment includes farm proprietors and farm workers. Data available from 1969 through 2006.
2) Farm and Farm-Related Employment includes both Direct Farm Employment and a wide variety of jobs related to farming,
like farm equipment sales staff, farm equipment mechanics, produce buyers, food inspectors, grain elevator operators, and the
like. Data available only from 1981 through 2002.
3) As a percent of total employment, Direct Farm Employment has declined sharply from 7.4 percent in 1969 to 2.8 percent in
2006, except for a small increase in 1983.
4) As a percent of total employment, Farm and Farm-Related Employment has also decreased slowly from 16.7 percent 1981 to
14.3 percent in 2002.
5) One might expect Direct Farm Employment to decline as farm productivity improves or demand for U.S. farm goods declines.
6) Given the decline in Direct Farm Employment as a percent of total employment and assuming Farm-Related Employment
supports both U.S.- and foreign- produced farm goods, the decline in Direct and Farm-Related Employment as a percent of
total employment could be due to improved productivity in the Farm-Related industries.
1) Direct Farm Employment includes farm proprietors and farm workers. Data available from 1969 through 2006.
2) Farm and Farm-Related Employment includes both Direct Farm Employment and a wide variety of jobs related to farming,
like farm equipment sales staff, farm equipment mechanics, produce buyers, food inspectors, grain elevator operators, and the
like. Data available only from 1981 through 2002.
3) As a percent of total employment, Direct Farm Employment has declined sharply from 7.4 percent in 1969 to 2.8 percent in
2006, except for a small increase in 1983.
4) As a percent of total employment, Farm and Farm-Related Employment has also decreased slowly from 16.7 percent 1981 to
14.3 percent in 2002.
5) One might expect Direct Farm Employment to decline as farm productivity improves or demand for U.S. farm goods declines.
6) Given the decline in Direct Farm Employment as a percent of total employment and assuming Farm-Related Employment
supports both U.S.- and foreign- produced farm goods, the decline in Direct and Farm-Related Employment as a percent of
total employment could be due to improved productivity in the Farm-Related industries.
Supporting Evidence
Sources: Farm and Farm-Related Employment: USDA Economic Research Service
Direct Farm Employment & Total Employment: US Commerce Department Bureau of Economic Analysis, 1969-2000, 2001-2006
Direct Farm Employment & Total Employment: US Commerce Department Bureau of Economic Analysis, 1969-2000, 2001-2006
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