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Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals vs Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals and Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 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, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$36,150
$37,700
Employment · BLS OEWS
35,420
141,090
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
48th pct
61st pct

At a glance

Dimension Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Median pay $36,150 $37,700
Employment 35,420 141,090
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-5.0%) About average (+5.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 31,200 18,400
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 Moderate · 48th pct Moderate · 61st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 6th pct · 12% of tasks 9th pct · 13% 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: Problem Sensitivity, Control Precision, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Monitoring, Trunk Strength, Near Vision, Production and Processing, Administration and Management, English Language, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Mechanical, Information Ordering, Manual Dexterity, Finger Dexterity, Multilimb Coordination, Far Vision, Speech Clarity, Food Production, Speaking, Coordination, Mathematics, Oral Expression, Selective Attention, Speech Recognition, Public Safety and Security.

Specific to Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Biology
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Operation and Control
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Static Strength
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Complex Problem Solving

Specific to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Transportation
  • Education and Training
  • Visualization
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Time Management
  • Reaction Time

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 , Internet browser software .

Specific to Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Specific to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals or Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers — 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, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals vs Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers." 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-farm-ranch-and-aquacultural-animals-vs-meat-poultry-and-fish-cutters-and-trimmers

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Singulariki. (2026). Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals vs Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/farmworkers-farm-ranch-and-aquacultural-animals-vs-meat-poultry-and-fish-cutters-and-trimmers

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