Skills it runs on
The capabilities O*NET rates most important for this occupation — the human ground the work is built on.
See all skills →Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
Occupation · SOC 11-9013.00
Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.
Also called: Aquaculture Director · Farm Manager · Greenhouse Manager · Ranch Manager · Farm Operations Technical Director · Fish Hatchery Manager · Harvesting Manager · Hatchery Manager · Hatchery Supervisor · Nursery Manager · Accredited Farm Manager (AFM) · Activation Manager
Job family: Management Occupations
Take this to your AI
A source-stamped Markdown brief of this occupation — paste it into an agent, or fetch
/roles/role-11-9013-00/context.md directly.
AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- Declining employment outlook (-1.3% by 2034)
- 85,500 openings/yr
- Low AI exposure
- Median pay $87,980/yr
- Work is mostly on-site (not teleworkable)
38th-percentile task overlap — yet about 85,500 openings a year (-1.3% projected, BLS) . What exposure means →
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) Moderate | 45th | -0.1 | |
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) Moderate | 55th | 0.7 | |
| AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) Low | 21st | 0.1 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.0), with simple added tooling (β 0.4), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.7). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
This job mostly cannot be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman) — its hands-on tasks sit outside what software-based AI reaches.
Historical automation estimate (2013)
A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
Frey–Osborne probability 0.0 · 23rd percentile among occupations · Low
How AI is actually used in this job
Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.
| Prepare reports required by state and federal laws. | 0.3% | |
| Provide information to customers on the care of trees, shrubs, flowers, plants, and lawns. | 0.3% | |
| Determine plant growing conditions, such as greenhouses, hydroponics, or natural settings, and set planting and care schedules. | 0.2% |
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | Declining · -1.3% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 85,500 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 836,100 → 825,000 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international 2 occupations below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers sits at the 44th percentile of 427
occupations on the global GenAI task-exposure gradient
— exposure eased from 2023 to 2025. Each dot is one occupation; the
ringed one is this work. Exposure is task overlap, not automation or jobs lost.
24% mean task exposure (2025)
44th percentile of 427 placed occupations
−6 pts shift 2023 → 2025
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Forestry Production Managers · 1311 | 27% | Minimal |
| Aquaculture and Fisheries Production Managers · 1312 | 22% | Not exposed |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
Tasks
All 30 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data. Core · importance 4.5
- Manage nurseries that grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display or exhibition, or for research. Core · importance 4.4
- Direct and monitor trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques. Core · importance 4.2
- Direct and monitor the transfer of mature fish to lakes, ponds, streams, or commercial tanks. Core · importance 4.1
- Determine how to allocate resources and to respond to unanticipated problems, such as insect infestation, drought, and fire. Core · importance 4.1
- Determine plant growing conditions, such as greenhouses, hydroponics, or natural settings, and set planting and care schedules. Core · importance 4.1
- Devise and participate in activities to improve fish hatching and growth rates, and to prevent disease in hatcheries. Core · importance 4.0
- Position and regulate plant irrigation systems, and program environmental and irrigation control computers. Core · importance 4.0
- Prepare reports required by state and federal laws. Core · importance 4.0
- Inspect facilities and equipment for signs of disrepair, and perform necessary maintenance work. Core · importance 3.9
- Maintain financial, operational, production, or employment records for farms or ranches. Core · importance 3.9
- Coordinate clerical, record-keeping, inventory, requisitioning, and marketing activities. Core · importance 3.8
- Direct the breeding or raising of stock, such as cattle, poultry, or honeybees, using recognized breeding practices to ensure stock improvement. Core · importance 3.8
- Negotiate with buyers for the sale, storage, or shipment of crops or livestock. Core · importance 3.8
- Coordinate the selection and maintenance of brood stock. Core · importance 3.8
- Analyze soil to determine types or quantities of fertilizer required for maximum crop production. Core · importance 3.7
- Provide information to customers on the care of trees, shrubs, flowers, plants, and lawns. Core · importance 3.7
- Analyze market conditions to determine acreage allocations. Core · importance 3.4
- Replace chemical insecticides with environmentally friendly practices, such as adding pest-repelling plants to fields. Supplemental · importance 3.1
- Supervise the construction of farm or ranch structures, such as buildings, fences, drainage systems, wells, or roads. Core · importance 3.1
- Conduct inspections to determine crop maturity or condition or to detect disease or insect infestation.
- Conduct or supervise stock examinations to identify diseases or parasites.
- Determine types or quantities of crops, plants, or livestock to be grown and raised, based on budgets, federal incentives, market conditions, executive directives, projected sales volumes, or soil conditions.
- Determine, administer, and execute policies relating to operations administration and standards, facility maintenance, and safety.
- Direct crop production operations, such as planning, tilling, planting, fertilizing, cultivating, spraying, and harvesting.
- Evaluate marketing or sales alternatives for products.
- Hire, supervise, and train support workers.
- Monitor activities, such as irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, milking, breeding, and grading, to ensure adherence to safety regulations or standards.
- Monitor environments to ensure maintenance of optimum animal or plant life.
- Obtain financing for and purchase necessary machinery, land, supplies, or livestock.
Work activities
- Compile operational data.
- Maintain operational records.
- Manage agricultural or forestry operations.
- Analyze financial records to improve budgeting or planning.
- Determine resource needs.
- Develop emergency response plans or procedures.
- Develop agricultural methods.
- Perform manual agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural tasks.
- Prepare reports related to compliance matters.
- Maintain regulatory or compliance documentation.
- Inspect condition or functioning of facilities or equipment.
- Perform manual service or maintenance tasks.
- Maintain personnel records.
- Direct sales, marketing, or customer service activities.
- Direct administrative or support services.
- Direct organizational operations, projects, or services.
- Negotiate sales or lease agreements for products or services.
- Negotiate contracts for transportation, distribution, or logistics services.
- Test materials, solutions, or samples.
- Advise customers on technical or procedural issues.
- Analyze data to inform operational decisions or activities.
- Manage construction activities.
- Evaluate quality of plants or crops.
- Examine animals to detect illness, injury or other problems.
- Direct activities of agricultural, forestry, or fishery employees.
- Estimate labor or resource requirements for forestry, fishing, or agricultural operations.
- Develop organizational policies or programs.
- Develop marketing plans or strategies.
- Conduct employee training programs.
- Supervise employees.
- Hire personnel.
- Monitor organizational compliance with regulations.
- Monitor operational quality or safety.
- Submit financial applications.
- Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
Knowledge, skills & abilities
O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).
Knowledge
| Administration and Management | 4.1 | |
| Production and Processing | 3.9 | |
| Biology | 3.8 | |
| Mathematics | 3.6 | |
| Personnel and Human Resources | 3.4 | |
| English Language | 3.4 | |
| Food Production | 3.4 | |
| Economics and Accounting | 3.3 | |
| Sales and Marketing | 3.3 | |
| Mechanical | 3.3 |
Essential skills
| Active Listening | 3.9 | |
| Critical Thinking | 3.9 | |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.8 | |
| Speaking | 3.6 | |
| Active Learning | 3.4 | |
| Monitoring | 3.4 | |
| Writing | 3.3 |
Abilities
| Oral Comprehension | 3.9 | |
| Oral Expression | 3.9 | |
| Problem Sensitivity | 3.9 | |
| Deductive Reasoning | 3.9 | |
| Inductive Reasoning | 3.9 | |
| Written Comprehension | 3.8 | |
| Category Flexibility | 3.8 | |
| Speech Clarity | 3.8 | |
| Written Expression | 3.6 | |
| Information Ordering | 3.6 | |
| Speech Recognition | 3.6 | |
| Fluency of Ideas | 3.4 | |
| Perceptual Speed | 3.4 | |
| Near Vision | 3.4 | |
| Far Vision | 3.4 | |
| Originality | 3.3 | |
| Flexibility of Closure | 3.3 |
Transferable skills
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.6 | |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.6 | |
| Coordination | 3.5 | |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.5 | |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.4 | |
| Time Management | 3.4 |
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
Showing the top 40 of 45.
Tools & technology
Showing the top 40 of 76.
Work context
How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.
How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- Typical entry-level education
- High school diploma or equivalent · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
- Related experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Preparation level
- SVP (7.0 to < 8.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences , Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Interest areas
| Agriculture | 7.0 | |
| Management/Administration | 6.1 | |
| Nature/Outdoors | 5.5 | |
| Business Initiatives | 4.0 | |
| Physical/Manual Labor | 3.8 | |
| Life Science | 3.3 | |
| Transportation/Machine Operation | 3.3 | |
| Animal Service | 3.2 | |
| Accounting | 3.1 | |
| Sales | 2.8 |
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Enterprising | 5.5 | |
| Realistic | 5.2 | |
| Conventional | 4.5 |
Work styles
| Dependability | 5.0 | |
| Attention to Detail | 4.0 | |
| Achievement Orientation | 3.0 |
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $51,700 |
| 25th percentile | $67,970 |
| Median (50th) | $87,980 |
| 75th percentile | $115,200 |
| 90th percentile | $156,530 |
| People employed | 5,910 |
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting · Sector | 2,560 | $94,170 |
| Wholesale Trade · Sector | 520 | $100,480 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | 420 | $97,970 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 360 | — |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 350 | $137,910 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 330 | $76,010 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 240 | $85,600 |
| Retail Trade · Sector | 170 | $80,970 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector | 160 | $77,540 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing · Sector | 100 | $72,680 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Sector | 90 | $84,190 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 60 | $62,600 |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting · Sector | 157.75× | 2,560 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 3.25× | 350 |
| Wholesale Trade · Sector | 2.25× | 520 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing · Sector | 1.1× | 100 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 1.04× | 360 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector | 0.94× | 160 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | 0.86× | 420 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 0.63× | 330 |
Related occupations
Part of the Agriculture career cluster.
- Agricultural Technicians · 19-4012.00 Compare →
- Agricultural Engineers · 17-2021.00 Compare →
- Soil and Plant Scientists · 19-1013.00 Compare →
- First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers · 45-1011.00 Compare →
- Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary · 25-1041.00 Compare →
- Biofuels Production Managers · 11-3051.03 Compare →
- Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products · 13-1021.00 Compare →
- Food Scientists and Technologists · 19-1012.00 Compare →
- Precision Agriculture Technicians · 19-4012.01 Compare →
- Range Managers · 19-1031.02 Compare →
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse · 45-2092.00 Compare →
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals · 45-2093.00 Compare →
Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.
What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Skills that travel
Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.
Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- High school diploma or equivalent · typical entry level
- Job zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences · field of study
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies · field of study
Zoom out
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 44th percentile of 427 international occupations.
Write a report on thisheadline · factoids · citation
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers show 38th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 85,500 annual U.S. openings
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers rank in the 38th percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
- The occupation is projected to see about 85,500 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be declining (-1.3%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $87,980, across about 5,910 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
Copy the whole kit
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers show 38th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 85,500 annual U.S. openings • Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers rank in the 38th percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) • The occupation is projected to see about 85,500 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be declining (-1.3%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $87,980, across about 5,910 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) Source: Singulariki — "Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-9013-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
AssetsShare imageMethodology & sourcesPress & newsroomThe newsroom
Every line is built only from figures this page already shows and cites. AI task overlap means what today's AI can attempt — not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
- ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
- IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
- Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation academic
- Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Plain
Singulariki. "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/roles/role-11-9013-00
APA
Singulariki. (2026). Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-9013-00
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-11-9013-00,
title = {Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers},
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/roles/role-11-9013-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.