{"id":51001,"date":"2020-04-16T12:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T12:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/hemp-farmers-make-double-the-salary-of-average-agricultural-workers-study-says\/"},"modified":"2020-04-16T12:30:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T12:30:52","slug":"hemp-farmers-make-double-the-salary-of-average-agricultural-workers-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/hemp-farmers-make-double-the-salary-of-average-agricultural-workers-study-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemp Farmers Make Double the Salary of Average Agricultural Workers, Study Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to make money growing cash crops, grow hemp<\/u><\/a>. At least, that\u2019s what the latest salary data from the US government suggests \u2014 for now.<\/p>\n

According to a new survey by HempStaff, a cannabis recruiting agency, people working in the hemp industry make roughly twice as much as workers in the same positions but for different crops. The raw data came from the US Department of Labor.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the salaries break down. The farmhands working hemp fields make about $52,000 a year. But those tending to and harvesting more common cash crops, such as corn and soy, make a little less than half that, at $24,620 annually. <\/p>\n

The trend applies to positions higher up the agricultural food chain, as well. While farm managers for non-hemp crops make roughly $68,000 a year, managers in the hemp space pull in salaries ranging from $100,000 to $125,000. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s some pretty decent green in an industry that involves backbreaking labor, long hours, and oftentimes, small financial returns.<\/p>\n

Do the lucrative pay rates suggest that hemp will become the king of all crops sometime soon in the US? Or is this double-salary trend temporary? <\/p>\n