Labor costs as a share of total gross cash farm income for selected farm specializations, 1998-2018

Percent

Line chart with 21 years, 5 lines per year.

Year 1, 1998.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 29.1.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 23.1.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 29.8.
Line 4, Dairy 8.
Line 5, All farms 10.7.
Year 2, 1999.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 28.5.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 25.3.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 30.7.
Line 4, Dairy 7.8.
Line 5, All farms 11.1.
Year 3, 2000.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 27.8.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 26.9.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 31.
Line 4, Dairy 8.4.
Line 5, All farms 11.
Year 4, 2001.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 28.4.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 28.2.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 32.3.
Line 4, Dairy 8.5.
Line 5, All farms 11.2.
Year 5, 2002.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 29.6.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 26.7.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 31.5.
Line 4, Dairy 9.1.
Line 5, All farms 11.6.
Year 6, 2003.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 31.3.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 24.5.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 30.7.
Line 4, Dairy 9.1.
Line 5, All farms 11.6.
Year 7, 2004.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 31.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 24.8.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 30.
Line 4, Dairy 9.4.
Line 5, All farms 11.1.
Year 8, 2005.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 31.2.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 23.9.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 29.6.
Line 4, Dairy 9.4.
Line 5, All farms 10.5.
Year 9, 2006.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 31.1.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 23.1.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 30.4.
Line 4, Dairy 9.8.
Line 5, All farms 10.7.
Year 10, 2007.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 31.4.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 21.1.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 30.6.
Line 4, Dairy 10.
Line 5, All farms 11.
Year 11, 2008.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 31.7.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 21.2.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 30.4.
Line 4, Dairy 9.8.
Line 5, All farms 10.9.
Year 12, 2009.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 33.2.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 21.3.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 30.4.
Line 4, Dairy 10.2.
Line 5, All farms 10.8.
Year 13, 2010.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 32.6.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 22.5.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 30.4.
Line 4, Dairy 10.2.
Line 5, All farms 10.5.
Year 14, 2011.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 31.3.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 19.2.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 29.6.
Line 4, Dairy 10.1.
Line 5, All farms 9.9.
Year 15, 2012.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 29.5.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 19.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 27.6.
Line 4, Dairy 9.
Line 5, All farms 9.1.
Year 16, 2013.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 29.7.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 18.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 25.4.
Line 4, Dairy 8.7.
Line 5, All farms 8.6.
Year 17, 2014.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 30.1.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 21.3.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 24.3.
Line 4, Dairy 8.2.
Line 5, All farms 8.6.
Year 18, 2015.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 30.4.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 20.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 24.1.
Line 4, Dairy 8.4.
Line 5, All farms 8.8.
Year 19, 2016.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 31.3.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 21.6.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 24.1.
Line 4, Dairy 9.
Line 5, All farms 9.3.
Year 20, 2017.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 31.2.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 21.5.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 26.5.
Line 4, Dairy 9.9.
Line 5, All farms 10.
Year 21, 2018*.
Line 1, Nursery and greenhouse 32.8.
Line 2, Vegetable and melon 23.1.
Line 3, Fruit and tree nut 27.7.
Line 4, Dairy 10.6.
Line 5, All farms 10.4.

Note: Values for each year are 3-year moving averages to smooth fluctuations because of small sample sizes, e.g., the estimate reported for 2018 is the average over 2016-18. Source: USDA, Economic Research Service and USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Resource Management Surveys, selected years.