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Animal Trainers vs Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Animal Trainers and Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 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 Trainers Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$38,750
$36,150
Employment · BLS OEWS
20,110
35,420
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
14th pct
48th pct

At a glance

Dimension Animal Trainers Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Median pay $38,750 $36,150
Employment 20,110 35,420
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+5.1%) Declining (-5.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 7,100 31,200
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 · 14th pct Moderate · 48th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 14th pct · 14% of tasks 6th pct · 12% 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: Problem Sensitivity, Oral Expression, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Information Ordering, Speech Clarity, Active Listening, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Administration and Management, Deductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, English Language, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Written Comprehension, Inductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Selective Attention, Manual Dexterity, Multilimb Coordination, Trunk Strength, Near Vision, Far Vision, Reading Comprehension.

Specific to Animal Trainers

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Instructing
  • Education and Training
  • Learning Strategies
  • Active Learning
  • Psychology
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Originality

Specific to Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

  • Control Precision
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Production and Processing
  • Biology
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Operation and Control
  • Mechanical
  • Finger Dexterity

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 , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Animal Trainers

Specific to Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Animal Trainers or Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals — 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 Trainers vs Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals." 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-trainers-vs-farmworkers-farm-ranch-and-aquacultural-animals

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Singulariki. (2026). Animal Trainers vs Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/animal-trainers-vs-farmworkers-farm-ranch-and-aquacultural-animals

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Animal Trainers vs Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals},
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  year   = {2026},
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  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/animal-trainers-vs-farmworkers-farm-ranch-and-aquacultural-animals}
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