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Animal Breeders vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Animal Breeders 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.”

Animal Breeders Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$52,000
$35,690
Employment · BLS OEWS
1,730
261,690
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
58th pct
10th pct

At a glance

Dimension Animal Breeders Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay $52,000 $35,690
Employment 1,730 261,690
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+2.4%) Declining (-3.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 1,200 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 Moderate · 58th pct Low · 10th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 32nd pct · 20% 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: Near Vision, Biology, Critical Thinking, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Active Listening, Speaking, Monitoring, Oral Comprehension, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Finger Dexterity, Multilimb Coordination, Static Strength, Trunk Strength, Far Vision, Speech Clarity, Reading Comprehension, Operations Monitoring, Oral Expression, Manual Dexterity, Speech Recognition, Writing, Time Management.

Specific to Animal Breeders

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Administration and Management
  • Mathematics
  • Administrative
  • Science
  • Active Learning
  • Complex Problem Solving

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

  • Control Precision
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Rate Control
  • Dynamic Strength
  • Stamina
  • Explosive Strength
  • Reaction Time
  • Gross Body Coordination

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 , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Word processing software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Animal Breeders

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

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Animal Breeders 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. "Animal Breeders 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; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/animal-breeders-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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Singulariki. (2026). Animal Breeders vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/animal-breeders-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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