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Range Managers vs First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

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A factual, source-backed comparison of Range Managers and First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 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.”

Range Managers First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$67,950
$59,330
Employment · BLS OEWS
25,590
29,530
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
52nd pct
13th pct

At a glance

Dimension Range Managers First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Median pay $67,950 $59,330
Employment 25,590 29,530
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.4%) About average (+2.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,500 8,500
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 52nd pct Low · 13th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 74th pct · 38% of tasks 26th pct · 18% 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: Active Listening, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Biology, Reading Comprehension, Oral Comprehension, Written Expression, Problem Sensitivity, English Language, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination, Near Vision, Speech Clarity, Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, Information Ordering, Far Vision, Speech Recognition, Writing, Active Learning, Category Flexibility, Education and Training, Mathematics, Social Perceptiveness.

Specific to Range Managers

  • Geography
  • Law and Government
  • Administrative
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Negotiation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Originality

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

  • Production and Processing
  • Time Management
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Mechanical
  • Instructing
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Learning Strategies
  • Quality Control Analysis

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: Data base user interface and query software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Map creation software , Time accounting software .

Specific to Range Managers

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Range Managers or First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers — 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. "Range Managers vs First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers." 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; 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/range-managers-vs-first-line-supervisors-of-farming-fishing-and-forestry-workers

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Singulariki. (2026). Range Managers vs First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/range-managers-vs-first-line-supervisors-of-farming-fishing-and-forestry-workers

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