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Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers vs Range Managers

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 Range Managers 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 Range Managers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$87,980
$67,950
Employment · BLS OEWS
5,910
25,590
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
21st pct
52nd pct

At a glance

Dimension Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Range Managers
Median pay $87,980 $67,950
Employment 5,910 25,590
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-1.3%) About average (+3.4%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 85,500 2,500
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 74th pct · 38% 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: Administration and Management, 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, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, English Language, Active Learning, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Fluency of Ideas, Near Vision, Far Vision, Writing, Originality.

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

  • Production and Processing
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Time Management
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Food Production
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Sales and Marketing

Specific to Range Managers

  • Geography
  • Law and Government
  • Administrative
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Negotiation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Computers and Electronics

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 , Web page creation and editing software , Data base user interface and query software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Map creation software , Time accounting software , Geographic information system .

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Specific to Range Managers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers or Range Managers — 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 Range Managers." 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-range-managers

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

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  title  = {Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers vs Range Managers},
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  year   = {2026},
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