| For workers with permanent jobs, their salaries usually range between eight and thirteen dollars per hour, depending on their job and their status as an American citizen. But, about forty-two percent of workers with permanent jobs receive housing from their employer (which is usually a small two or three room home on the ranch or farm). The most common way for the employer to be compensated for the housing is deducting the money directly from the workers salary, which means they end up earning far less than what they originally were making. Salary workers have at least some safety nets if anything happens on the job because of their relationship with their employer or some sort of pre-negotiated agreement with their employer. Their housing costs are usually very low because they live on the land. But, one downside is that because of the consistency of the job and the small amount of room in the housing, most salary workers leave their families in Mexico, and cannot see them for years at a time. |
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