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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse vs Fallers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse and Fallers 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.”

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Fallers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$35,690
$53,900
Employment · BLS OEWS
261,690
4,110
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
10th pct
20th pct

At a glance

Dimension Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Fallers
Median pay $35,690 $53,900
Employment 261,690 4,110
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-3.3%) Declining (-7.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 71,700 700
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 10th pct Low · 20th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 5th pct · 11% of tasks 7th pct · 12% 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: Trunk Strength, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Control Precision, Manual Dexterity, Multilimb Coordination, Extent Flexibility, Static Strength, Rate Control, Dynamic Strength, Stamina, Near Vision, Oral Expression, Reaction Time, Oral Comprehension, Gross Body Coordination, Far Vision, Operations Monitoring, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Gross Body Equilibrium, Speech Clarity, Active Listening, Category Flexibility, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Operation and Control, Information Ordering.

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

  • Finger Dexterity
  • Explosive Strength
  • Speaking
  • Speech Recognition
  • Written Expression
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Food Production
  • Biology

Specific to Fallers

  • Speed of Limb Movement
  • Depth Perception
  • Auditory Attention
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Visual Color Discrimination
  • Hearing Sensitivity
  • Visualization
  • Response 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: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software .

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

Specific to Fallers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse or Fallers — 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. "Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse vs Fallers." 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/farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse-vs-fallers

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Singulariki. (2026). Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse vs Fallers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse-vs-fallers

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse-vs-fallers,
  title  = {Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse vs Fallers},
  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/farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse-vs-fallers}
}

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