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Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 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 Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 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.”

Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$87,980
$35,690
Employment · BLS OEWS
5,910
261,690
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
21st pct
10th pct

At a glance

Dimension Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay $87,980 $35,690
Employment 5,910 261,690
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-1.3%) Declining (-3.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 85,500 71,700
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 21st pct Low · 10th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 44th pct · 24% 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: Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Biology, Reading Comprehension, Category Flexibility, Speech Clarity, Speaking, Written Expression, Information Ordering, Speech Recognition, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Near Vision, Far Vision, Food Production, Writing.

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

  • Administration and Management
  • Production and Processing
  • Written Comprehension
  • Mathematics
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Coordination
  • Judgment and Decision Making

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

  • Trunk Strength
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Control Precision
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Static 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 .

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

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

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 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.

More comparisons

Related occupations you can place side by side on the same sourced scale.

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 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/farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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Singulariki. (2026). Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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