# Agricultural Workers

> SOC minor group 45-2000 within Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations — 7 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 45-2000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/agricultural-workers
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 373,720.
- **Median wage:** $40,390.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** -2.4%.
- **Annual openings:** 123.4.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 14th percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-45-2092-00) — $35,690; 0th percentile overlap
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-45-2093-00) — $36,150; 0th percentile overlap
- Agricultural Equipment Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-45-2091-00) — $42,580; 0th percentile overlap
- Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-45-2041-00) — $35,430; 0th percentile overlap
- Agricultural Inspectors (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-45-2011-00) — $50,990; 0th percentile overlap
- Agricultural Workers, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-45-2099-00) — $40,390
- Animal Breeders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-45-2021-00) — $52,000; 0th percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/agricultural-workers_