An apple orchard in Lake Country (photo by Liam Verster / Vernon Matters)

By Liam Verster

2.8% Increase

Farm workers wages to increase in the new year

Dec 29, 2022 | 11:31 AM

VERNON, B.C.- The minimum wage for certain farm workers will increase in the new year.

Effective Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, the minimum piece work wages for workers who hand-harvest crops in B.C. will increase by 2.8 per cent.

The increase applies to 15 agricultural crops harvested by hand in B.C.:

• Apples – $21.65 a bin
• Apricots – $24.91 a half-bin
• Beans – $0.297 a pond / $0.655 a kg
• Blueberries – $0.502 a pond / $1.107 a kg
• Brussels sprouts – $0.207 a pound / $0.456 a kg
• Cherries – $0.285 a pound / $0.456 a kg
• Grapes – $23.01 a half-bin
• Mushrooms – $0.298 a pound / $0.628 a kg
• Peaches – $23.01 a half-bin
• Pears – $24.38 a bin
• Peas – $0.37 a pound / $0.816 a kg
• Prune plums – $24.38 a half-bin
• Raspberries – $0.436 a pound / $0.996 a kg
• Daffodils – $0.174 a bunch (10 stems)

The increase is based on the annual inflation rate in 2021 and is consistent with the minimum wage increase implemented in June 2022.

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