Skip to content
Singulariki

Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers vs Soil and Plant Scientists

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 Soil and Plant Scientists 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 Soil and Plant Scientists
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$87,980
$71,410
Employment · BLS OEWS
5,910
16,600
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
21st pct
63rd pct

At a glance

Dimension Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Soil and Plant Scientists
Median pay $87,980 $71,410
Employment 5,910 16,600
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-1.3%) About average (+5.4%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 85,500 1,700
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 21st pct Moderate · 63rd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 44th pct · 24% of tasks 62nd pct · 33% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (85.1%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No Yes

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, Judgment and Decision Making, English Language, Active Learning, Monitoring, Fluency of Ideas, Near Vision, Writing, Originality, Flexibility of Closure.

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

  • Production and Processing
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Coordination
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Time Management
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Far Vision

Specific to Soil and Plant Scientists

  • Science
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Chemistry
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Education and Training
  • Geography
  • Communications and Media

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 , Presentation software , Word processing software , Map creation software , Geographic information system .

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Specific to Soil and Plant Scientists

Full profiles

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

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers vs Soil and Plant Scientists." 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-soil-and-plant-scientists

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers-vs-soil-and-plant-scientists,
  title  = {Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers vs Soil and Plant Scientists},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers-vs-soil-and-plant-scientists}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.