The Journal
Practical advice on hiring, pay, and ranch life — written for the people who work the land and the operations that keep them on it.
Compare Texas ranch work by operation, region, pay, housing, and season. Includes linked wage data and questions to ask before accepting a job.
Compare working-ranch cowboy, pen-rider, and guest-wrangler roles using real employer examples, pay sources, and questions about horses, housing, and experience.
Compare published animal-worker wage benchmarks across 18 states, understand their limits, and evaluate ranch job offers with housing and seasonal hours.
A ranch hand cares for livestock and maintains the fences, water systems, and equipment that keep a ranch running. Learn the duties and how to evaluate a first job.