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Agricultural Equipment Operators vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

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A factual, source-backed comparison of Agricultural Equipment Operators and Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Agricultural Equipment Operators Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$42,580
$35,690
Employment · BLS OEWS
30,940
261,690
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
23rd pct
10th pct

At a glance

Dimension Agricultural Equipment Operators Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay $42,580 $35,690
Employment 30,940 261,690
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Growing fast (+7.7%) Declining (-3.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 10,500 71,700
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 23rd pct Low · 10th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 23rd pct · 17% of tasks 5th pct · 11% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Operation and Control, Control Precision, Multilimb Coordination, Operations Monitoring, Near Vision, Problem Sensitivity, Far Vision, Oral Comprehension, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Rate Control, Reaction Time, Oral Expression, Manual Dexterity, Static Strength, Trunk Strength, Speech Clarity, Active Listening, Repairing, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Finger Dexterity, Extent Flexibility, Speech Recognition, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Inductive Reasoning.

Specific to Agricultural Equipment Operators

  • English Language
  • Depth Perception
  • Response Orientation
  • Troubleshooting
  • Hearing Sensitivity
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Perceptual Speed

Specific to Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

  • Dynamic Strength
  • Stamina
  • Explosive Strength
  • Gross Body Coordination
  • Speaking
  • Gross Body Equilibrium
  • Written Expression
  • Category Flexibility

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Data base user interface and query software , Spreadsheet software , Presentation software .

Specific to Agricultural Equipment Operators

Specific to Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Agricultural Equipment Operators or Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Agricultural Equipment Operators vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/agricultural-equipment-operators-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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Singulariki. (2026). Agricultural Equipment Operators vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/agricultural-equipment-operators-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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