Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Vermont 
Addison 
Bennington 
Caledonia 
Chittenden 
Essex 
Franklin 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,293 
299 
103 
150 
217 
37 
282 
workers 
9,216 
1,434 
378 
399 
1,051 
94 
1,149 
$1 ,000 payroll 
95,703 
21,478 
3,058 
3,238 
9,371 
624 
16,681 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
678 
61 
29 
64 
76 
21 
71 
workers 
678 
61 
29 
64 
76 
21 
71 
2 workers 
farms 
511 
67 
23 
33 
47 
6 
66 
workers 
1,022 
134 
46 
66 
94 
12 
132 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
523 
75 
23 
35 
26 
5 
68 
workers 
1,794 
255 
86 
118 
92 
20 
233 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
378 
56 
23 
14 
37 
3 
59 
workers 
2,385 
350 
137 
(D) 
210 
(D) 
376 
10 workers or more 
farms 
203 
40 
5 
4 
31 
2 
18 
workers 
3,337 
634 
80 
(D) 
579 
(D) 
337 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,286 
201 
67 
65 
105 
12 
180 
workers 
3,902 
761 
162 
153 
320 
35 
638 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
480 
62 
33 
32 
32 
3 
55 
workers 
480 
62 
33 
32 
32 
3 
55 
2 workers 
farms 
330 
53 
5 
15 
25 
6 
44 
workers 
660 
106 
10 
30 
50 
12 
88 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
268 
36 
23 
11 
30 
_ 
41 
workers 
904 
121 
73 
34 
98 
- 
146 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
147 
33 
5 
5 
13 
3 
27 
workers 
910 
206 
(D) 
(D) 
71 
20 
157 
10 workers or more 
farms 
61 
17 
1 
2 
5 
- 
13 
workers 
948 
266 
(D) 
(D) 
69 
- 
192 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,683 
201 
83 
105 
185 
31 
182 
workers 
5,314 
673 
216 
246 
731 
59 
511 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
616 
59 
24 
44 
83 
19 
71 
workers 
616 
59 
24 
44 
83 
19 
71 
2 workers 
farms 
401 
41 
29 
33 
44 
3 
49 
workers 
802 
82 
58 
66 
88 
6 
98 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
366 
55 
20 
19 
20 
8 
28 
workers 
1,214 
180 
64 
(D) 
68 
(D) 
90 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
216 
38 
8 
7 
16 
1 
29 
workers 
1,328 
221 
(D) 
(D) 
98 
(D) 
164 
10 workers or more 
farms 
84 
8 
2 
2 
22 
5 
workers 
1,354 
131 
(D) 
(D) 
394 
- 
88 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
610 
98 
20 
45 
32 
6 
100 
workers 
1,602 
332 
31 
104 
75 
10 
312 
$1 ,000 payroll 
31,294 
9,203 
508 
1,937 
1,261 
75 
6,891 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
1,007 
98 
36 
85 
112 
25 
102 
workers 
2,734 
284 
71 
201 
305 
41 
282 
$1 ,000 payroll 
9,321 
1,099 
525 
544 
933 
120 
1,840 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
676 
103 
47 
20 
73 
6 
80 
1 50 days or more, workers 
2,300 
429 
131 
49 
245 
25 
326 
less than 150 days, workers 
2,580 
389 
145 
45 
426 
18 
229 
$1 ,000 payroll 
55,088 
11,176 
2,026 
757 
7,177 
428 
7,950 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
120 
39 
5 
3 
8 
- 
15 
workers 
615 
213 
54 
13 
41 
- 
52 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
119 
38 
5 
3 
8 
- 
15 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
54 
13 
41 
52 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,689 
400 
174 
271 
294 
48 
324 
workers 
8,623 
834 
359 
638 
718 
97 
710 
-continued 
238 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
