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Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary vs Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary and Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 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 Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$86,350
$87,980
Employment · BLS OEWS
8,700
5,910
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
95th pct
21st pct

At a glance

Dimension Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
Median pay $86,350 $87,980
Employment 8,700 5,910
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.1%) Declining (-1.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 800 85,500
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 95th pct Low · 21st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 70th pct · 37% of tasks 44th pct · 24% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (65.5%) —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes 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: Oral Expression, Biology, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Speech Clarity, Active Listening, Writing, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, English Language, Administration and Management, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Problem Sensitivity, Speech Recognition, Complex Problem Solving, Food Production, Coordination, Time Management, Fluency of Ideas, Mathematics, Information Ordering, Near Vision, Social Perceptiveness, Originality, Category Flexibility.

Specific to Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

  • Instructing
  • Education and Training
  • Learning Strategies
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Science
  • Communications and Media
  • Geography
  • Computers and Electronics

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

  • Production and Processing
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Far Vision
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Mechanical

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: Word processing software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Data base user interface and query software , Web page creation and editing software .

Specific to Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary or Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers — 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 Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary vs Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers." 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; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/agricultural-sciences-teachers-postsecondary-vs-farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers

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Singulariki. (2026). Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary vs Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/agricultural-sciences-teachers-postsecondary-vs-farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers

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