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Precision Agriculture Technicians vs Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Precision Agriculture Technicians and Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural 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.”

Precision Agriculture Technicians Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$46,790
$87,980
Employment · BLS OEWS
14,340
5,910
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
42nd pct
21st pct

At a glance

Dimension Precision Agriculture Technicians Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
Median pay $46,790 $87,980
Employment 14,340 5,910
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.3%) Declining (-1.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,900 85,500
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 42nd pct Low · 21st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 44th pct · 24% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — 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: Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Written Expression, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Near Vision, Information Ordering, Sales and Marketing, Writing, Mathematics, English Language, Biology, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Problem Sensitivity, Food Production, Mechanical, Mathematics, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Fluency of Ideas, Category Flexibility, Flexibility of Closure, Perceptual Speed, Speech Clarity.

Specific to Precision Agriculture Technicians

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Geography
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • Education and Training

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

  • Administration and Management
  • Production and Processing
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Speech Recognition
  • Coordination
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Time Management

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 , Word processing software , Geographic information system , Data base user interface and query software , Presentation software , Map creation software .

Specific to Precision Agriculture Technicians

Specific to Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Precision Agriculture Technicians or Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural 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. "Precision Agriculture Technicians vs Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural 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/precision-agriculture-technicians-vs-farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers

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

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