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Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers vs Agricultural Engineers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers and Agricultural Engineers 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.”

Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Agricultural Engineers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$87,980
$84,630
Employment · BLS OEWS
5,910
1,680
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
21st pct
52nd pct

At a glance

Dimension Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Agricultural Engineers
Median pay $87,980 $84,630
Employment 5,910 1,680
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-1.3%) About average (+5.9%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 85,500 100
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 21st pct Moderate · 52nd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 44th pct · 24% of tasks 61st pct · 32% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (55.3%)
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: Production and Processing, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Biology, Reading Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Category Flexibility, Speech Clarity, Mathematics, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving, Written Expression, Information Ordering, Speech Recognition, Judgment and Decision Making, English Language, Active Learning, Fluency of Ideas, Near Vision, Food Production, Writing, Mechanical, Originality.

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

  • Administration and Management
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Coordination
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Monitoring
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Time Management
  • Perceptual Speed

Specific to Agricultural Engineers

  • Engineering and Technology
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Design
  • Physics
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Visualization
  • Chemistry

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 , Graphics or photo imaging software , Data base user interface and query software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Industrial control software , Project management software , Geographic information system .

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Specific to Agricultural Engineers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers or Agricultural Engineers — 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. "Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers vs Agricultural Engineers." 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/farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers-vs-agricultural-engineers

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

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