Overview
The Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room provides
information about the employment and earnings characteristics
of rural, or nonmetro, workers and places, as well as
education in nonmetro areas. The chapter on farm labor
contains information on the demographic and economic characteristics
of hired farmworkers, many of whom work on farms in urban (metro) areas.
Unemployment rates in nonmetro areas are similar on average
to rates in metro areas, though with wide geographic variation.
Average earnings, however, are substantially lower among
nonmetro workers, as are education levels. The lower nonmetro
earnings levels reflect lower shares of highly skilled
jobs and lower returns to college degrees in nonmetro
labor markets.
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