Starting salary of assistant herdsman

[New Holland TM150]

Been doing relief milking for a year now, what is a starting salary for a assistant herdsman with a house or without a house.

It's a block calving grass based dairy herd.

Just out of interest, looking at different options.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

20k and a house.

 

[frederick]

20k and a house.

Sad fact is 20k is minimum wage on a 48 hour week.

If you want a competent assistant it will be mid to high 20s plus a house with every other weekend off probably another day a fortnight off. And no more than 10 hours a day and never finishing more than 12 hours after you start.

Assistants are actually harder to find than herdsman.

 

[farmboy]

Sad fact is 20k is minimum wage on a 48 hour week.

If you want a competent assistant it will be mid to high 20s plus a house with every other weekend off probably another day a fortnight off. And no more than 10 hours a day and never finishing more than 12 hours after you start.

Assistants are actually harder to find than herdsman.

Ideal, I’d better go back to being an assistant!

 

[Headless chicken]

Sad fact is 20k is minimum wage on a 48 hour week.

If you want a competent assistant it will be mid to high 20s plus a house with every other weekend off probably another day a fortnight off. And no more than 10 hours a day and never finishing more than 12 hours after you start.

Assistants are actually harder to find than herdsman.

Wife works 44 hours a week for an AG merchant and gets about £1200-£1300 a month and no house

 

[dinderleat]

£10/hr to start, if your reliable after a year a house would be on the cards.
The chap here works 5 days a week, most days he has from 9-3:30 to him self unless we are busy

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Sad fact is 20k is minimum wage on a 48 hour week.

If you want a competent assistant it will be mid to high 20s plus a house with every other weekend off probably another day a fortnight off. And no more than 10 hours a day and never finishing more than 12 hours after you start.

Assistants are actually harder to find than herdsman.

It's only minimum wage if you're not valueing the house. My assistant lives in a house that would rent out for £1000/month and I pay his council tax.

If you say 30k package for 55hr week then that's about £10/hr which I think is fair.

 

[Grassman247]

Paying my assistants 30k plus a house valued at 6-7k and also paying there council tax

 

[frederick]

Wife works 44 hours a week for an AG merchant and gets about £1200-£1300 a month and no house

One of your figures are wrong.
Minimum wage 7.83
7.83*44*52/12
Is £1492 a month

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Wife works 44 hours a week for an AG merchant and gets about £1200-£1300 a month and no house

that will be after tax, insurance, Pension etc is it not, otherwise its below minimum wage

 

[pappuller]

Sad fact is 20k is minimum wage on a 48 hour week.

If you want a competent assistant it will be mid to high 20s plus a house with every other weekend off probably another day a fortnight off. And no more than 10 hours a day and never finishing more than 12 hours after you start.

Assistants are actually harder to find than herdsman.

Average UK wage circa £27 k come on people get real, @Grassman24/7 is on the money. You pay peanuts you get monkeys

 

[Beef farmer]

that will be after tax, insurance, Pension etc is it not, otherwise its below minimum wage

She might be only 18.

 

[Beef farmer]

Paying my assistants 30k plus a house valued at 6-7k and also paying there council tax

How many assistants you got?

 

[frederick]

Average UK wage circa £27 k come on people get real, @Grassman24/7 is on the money. You pay peanuts you get monkeys

Dont think grassman and I are that far apart and many people on here will regard mine as excessive.

Possibly more important as an industry going forwards is to have weekly hours starting with a 4 and a realistic level of pay rather than higher pay and stupid hours.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

She might be only 18.

true but maybe not, and she will be 8 to 5, not 5 to 8 and no Sundays maybe as well

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Remember the title of the thread is 'starting salary' , not someone with a decades experience.

Having a decent house is nearly as important as salary.

 

[Grassman247]

How many assistants you got?

4

 

[Beef farmer]

4

You have any just general farm hands then or all skilled personnel?

 

[Bald Rick]

Paying my assistants 30k plus a house valued at 6-7k and also paying there council tax

 

[frederick]

Remember the title of the thread is 'starting salary' , not someone with a decades experience.

Having a decent house is nearly as important as salary.

My view of an assistant would be someone that can run the business whilst herdsman is away. So fair level of competency.