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Farm Labor Contractors vs First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

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A factual, source-backed comparison of Farm Labor Contractors and First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 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.”

Farm Labor Contractors First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$48,690
$56,170
Employment · BLS OEWS
410
124,130
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
7th pct
36th pct

At a glance

Dimension Farm Labor Contractors First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
Median pay $48,690 $56,170
Employment 410 124,130
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+6.0%) About average (+2.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 300 23,200
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 7th pct Moderate · 36th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 75th pct · 39% of tasks 20th pct · 17% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Automation-leaning (26.9%)
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 Comprehension, Speaking, Oral Expression, Mathematics, Personnel and Human Resources, Active Listening, Speech Clarity, Management of Personnel Resources, Speech Recognition, Time Management, Problem Sensitivity, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Near Vision, Customer and Personal Service, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Administration and Management, English Language, Public Safety and Security, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Inductive Reasoning, Mechanical, Education and Training.

Specific to Farm Labor Contractors

  • Foreign Language
  • Food Production
  • Production and Processing
  • Law and Government
  • Control Precision
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Writing
  • Negotiation

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

  • Instructing
  • Visualization
  • Chemistry
  • Building and Construction
  • Active Learning
  • Learning Strategies
  • Persuasion
  • Service Orientation

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

Specific to Farm Labor Contractors

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Farm Labor Contractors or First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

More comparisons

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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. "Farm Labor Contractors vs First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers." 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/farm-labor-contractors-vs-first-line-supervisors-of-landscaping-lawn-service-and-groundskeeping-workers

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Singulariki. (2026). Farm Labor Contractors vs First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/farm-labor-contractors-vs-first-line-supervisors-of-landscaping-lawn-service-and-groundskeeping-workers

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