Analyzing Pay Trends in Agriculture: 2025 Salary Surveys Launch

Continental Search, along with Swineweb and Poultry Producer, is kicking off the 2025 salary surveys aimed at providing fresh insights into compensation for critical roles within the swine and poultry industries. Following the completion of the 2026 Industry Insight Surveys, these new initiatives focus on understanding how key operations roles are being compensated amidst industry changes.

Gathering Insights from Industry Professionals

In recent weeks, numerous managers, supervisors, and sales professionals have participated in insightful surveys addressing key industry challenges including hiring difficulties, employee turnover, and adapting to new technologies and disease pressures. As a result, we now turn to an essential question that arises annually:

How are these critical roles being compensated?

Two New Salary Surveys for 2025

To delve into this question, we present two significant salary surveys:

• Feed Mill Management Salary Survey (2025 Edition)
• Poultry Live Production Salary Survey (2025 Edition)

Both surveys are now open for a limited time.

Collaboration for Real-World Benchmarks

For several years, Swineweb and Continental Search have teamed up to provide practical benchmarks for the industry, particularly regarding compensation in feed mills and live production. The Feed Mill Management Salary Survey serves as a trusted reference for feed mill managers and employers alike, allowing:

• Managers to analyze their pay and responsibilities in market context.
• Employers, HR leaders, and operations directors to evaluate compensation plans with real data.

Who Should Participate in the Salary Surveys?

The surveys target two primary groups:

Feed Mill Management Salary Survey

• Salaried feed mill managers and leaders in the U.S. and Canada
• Roles including multi-site managers, feed mill managers, superintendents, assistant managers, and foremen

Poultry Live Production Salary Survey

• Salaried professionals working in U.S. poultry live production
• Covering broiler, layer, turkey, duck, and specialty operations
• Positions across live operations: complex and live operations leaders, breeder and layer managers, hatchery managers, flock supervisors, veterinarians, nutritionists, and related salaried roles

Survey Insights and Coverage Details

Each salary survey is designed to be concise and focused, examining the following areas:

• Job level and scope of responsibility
• Company type and size
• Years of industry experience, current employer, and current role
• Highest level of education and field of study
• Base salary ranges, bonus eligibility, and bonus levels
• Overall pay satisfaction and likelihood of changing employers
• Suggestions to improve satisfaction with current employer

Ensuring Confidentiality for Participants

Participants can expect the following from both surveys:

• Confidentiality – results are aggregated and reported without individual identifiers.
• Efficiency – each survey requires approximately three minutes to complete.
• Focus – this round is exclusive to salaried roles in the United States.

Upon completion, everyone who shares their compensation details will receive a complimentary PDF summary of the results.

How to Get Involved

The salary surveys are open for a limited time, and participation can be easily completed online. Access the surveys by clicking the links below:

You can answer on a computer or phone, or scan the QR codes located in the linked image above for direct access. Further details will also be found on Swineweb.com and Continentalsearch.com.

Looking Ahead

In the upcoming weeks, summaries of the 2026 Industry Insight Surveys for swine live production, poultry live production, and animal sciences sales will be published. Those who participated will receive results directly via email. This process will similarly apply to the newly opened salary surveys.

The effort to provide updated Industry Insight and salary surveys will continue into 2026, enhancing the understanding of pay structures and responsibilities within the industry. If you hold a salaried position as a feed mill manager or poultry live production leader, your input is invaluable to creating accurate and useful benchmarks. A few moments of your time can significantly enhance the community’s understanding of pay dynamics heading into 2025.