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Agricultural Technicians vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

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A factual, source-backed comparison of Agricultural Technicians 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 Technicians Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$46,790
$35,690
Employment · BLS OEWS
14,340
261,690
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
42nd pct
10th pct

At a glance

Dimension Agricultural Technicians Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay $46,790 $35,690
Employment 14,340 261,690
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.3%) Declining (-3.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,900 71,700
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 42nd pct Low · 10th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 5th pct · 11% 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, Reading Comprehension, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Writing, Monitoring, Category Flexibility, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Speaking, Operations Monitoring, Time Management, Control Precision, Far Vision, Speech Recognition.

Specific to Agricultural Technicians

  • Written Comprehension
  • Chemistry
  • Mechanical
  • Mathematics
  • Active Learning
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Visual Color Discrimination
  • Administration and Management

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

  • Trunk Strength
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Static Strength
  • Rate Control
  • Dynamic Strength

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 , Mobile location based services software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Agricultural Technicians

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

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    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 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-technicians-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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    Singulariki. (2026). Agricultural Technicians 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-technicians-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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