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Agricultural Technicians 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 Technicians 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 Technicians Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$46,790
$87,980
Employment · BLS OEWS
14,340
5,910
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
42nd pct
21st pct

At a glance

Dimension Agricultural Technicians Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
Median pay $46,790 $87,980
Employment 14,340 5,910
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.3%) Declining (-1.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,900 85,500
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 42nd pct Low · 21st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 44th pct · 24% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — 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 Comprehension, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Food Production, Biology, Written Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Mechanical, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Mathematics, Writing, Active Learning, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Category Flexibility, Administration and Management, Speaking, Coordination, Time Management, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Flexibility of Closure, Perceptual Speed, Far Vision, Speech Recognition.

Specific to Agricultural Technicians

  • Chemistry
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Visual Color Discrimination
  • Instructing
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • Number Facility
  • Selective Attention

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

  • Production and Processing
  • Speech Clarity
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • English Language
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Economics and Accounting

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: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Data base user interface and query software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Geographic information system .

Specific to Agricultural Technicians

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Agricultural Technicians 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 Technicians 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-technicians-vs-farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers

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

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