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Survey finds compensation in the pork industry remains competitive
Story Date: 9/12/2012
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Source: Chris Scott, MEATINGPLACE, 9/11/12
Employees in the pork industry are earning wages and receiving benefits that are competitive with other industries, according to a survey by the Pork Checkoff and the National Pork Board.
The survey of 214 large and mid-sized producers found that pig farm managers can make up to $60,000 per year in salary, while 51 percent of pork operations pay an hourly rate of up to $10.50 per hour to animal caretakers with no swine experience. (More than one-fifth of these operations also pay up to $13.50 an hour for caretakers with five or more years of experience, the survey found.) In terms of benefits, 62 percent of pork operations offered an incentive or bonus program for farm employees and 71 percent offered medical coverage.
The goal of the survey was to show that jobs in the pork industry are competitive with those in other industries while convincing people looking for work or those who are students to consider a career in pork production, National Pork Board official Jim Lummus said in statement.
The survey respondents represent 46 percent of U.S. pork production, with large operations including farms with 25,000 or more sows in production and mid-sized operations defined as farms with fewer than 25,000 sows or more than 1,000 head finishing.
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