Starting salary of assistant herdsman

New Holland TM150 · Feb 11, 2019

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 · Feb 11, 2019

20k and a house.

frederick · Feb 11, 2019

Cows 'n grass said:
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 · Feb 11, 2019

frederick said:
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 · Feb 11, 2019

frederick said:
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 · Feb 11, 2019

£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 · Feb 11, 2019

frederick said:
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 · Feb 11, 2019

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

frederick · Feb 11, 2019

Headless chicken said:
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 · Feb 11, 2019

Headless chicken said:
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 · Feb 11, 2019

frederick said:
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 · Feb 11, 2019

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

She might be only 18.

Beef farmer · Feb 11, 2019

Grassman247 said:
Paying my assistants 30k plus a house valued at 6-7k and also paying there council tax

How many assistants you got?

frederick · Feb 11, 2019

pappuller said:
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 · Feb 11, 2019

Beef farmer said:
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 · Feb 11, 2019

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 · Feb 11, 2019

Beef farmer said:
How many assistants you got?

4

Beef farmer · Feb 11, 2019

Grassman247 said:
4

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

Bald Rick · Feb 11, 2019

Grassman247 said:
Paying my assistants 30k plus a house valued at 6-7k and also paying there council tax

frederick · Feb 11, 2019

Cows 'n grass said:
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.

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