Landscape and plant nursery supervisor
AI displacement risk
10%
Range 7.02–13.95%
Landscape and plant nursery supervisor has 24% AI task overlap and 32% human bottleneck protection — lower risk than 61% of occupations in the live market. Current AI capabilities have limited overlap with core tasks.
Agricultural & Fishery Workers·SGD 2,575/mo (1,750–3,500)·~18.2K workers in SG·Updated 2026-06-11
Structural pressure, not a prediction of job loss. Displacement tends to arrive through slower hiring, wage compression and role redesign before layoffs.
Why This Score
24% of tasks overlap with current AI
32% human advantage from judgment & presence
62% demand buffer from the local labour market
AI usage 26pp below theoretical exposure
These factors interact with each other — the final score is not a simple sum of these bars.
How much AI overlaps with this job's tasks, offset by human advantages and local demand. How this works
Tasks AI can handle
With 24% AI task overlap (based on Felten AIOE, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou GPT exposure, and ILO occupational exposure), the Landscape and plant nursery supervisor tasks most exposed include: predictive maintenance scheduling, safety checklist automation, inventory management, and remote monitoring via sensors.
- • Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.
- • Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.
- • Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, evaluate quality of materials or work, or advise clients or construction personnel.
O*NET tasks for this occupation with the most observed AI usage (Anthropic task data).
What AI can't do here
At 32% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Landscape and plant nursery supervisor include: physical dexterity on job sites, real-time environmental adaptation, operating heavy equipment safely, and handling unexpected on-site conditions.
Main insulation channels: Physical presence + Non-routine work — the work-context dimensions behind this occupation's human bottleneck.
Skills to focus on
Sources: Felten AIOE (2021), Anthropic Economic Index (2026), Eloundou GPT Exposure (Science, 2024), ILO GenAI (2025), Pizzinelli et al. bottleneck model. Full methodology.
Singapore Now
Current labour market conditions and how they affect this role.
Still healthy locally. Hiring remains positive and retrenchment stays low, even if demand is not accelerating.
Vacancy
2.8%
↑ 16.7% YoY
Hiring
2.4%
vs 1.5% resign
Retrenchment
1.5
per 1,000 · low
Re-entry
78.1%
find work in 12mo· -4.5pp
Production & Transport Operators, Cleaners & Labourers · 2025 Q4
What You Can Do
Landscape and plant nursery supervisor has some offset potential, but it depends on demand holding up in practice and on workers clearing the main switching frictions.
Published transition support
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Higher risk than 39% of occupations · V7 structural score
Raw scores
AIOE 0.171 · θ 0.659 · C-AIOE 0.141
Stability
stable · Optimistic 9% · Pessimistic 14%
Score range (best/worst case)
Exposure 17–32% · Net risk 7.02–13.95%
Scoring basis
V7 structural score. Uses task-concentration-weighted exposure, human bottleneck, and demand resilience. V6 baseline fields are retained for release-to-release comparison.-1.3pp versus retained V6 baseline.
Wage range (SGD/mo)
25th 1,750 · Median 2,575 · 75th 3,500
Evidence & sources
Data matching
direct · SSOC 61131
Real-world AI usage: -26% vs estimated
Data quality
83% · Matching 1.00 · Market data 0.65 · Freshness 0.84
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
AI overlap by data source
Weights: aioe 24% · anthropic 26% · eloundou 25% · ilo 26%
Conflicting data signals
Worker profile & local context
- Vacancy rate is 2.8% and rose by 0.8 points from last quarter.
- Hiring read: recruitment is running above resignation (2.4% vs 1.5%).
- Retrenchment was low at 1.5 per 1,000 employees.
- 78.1% of retrenched workers re-entered employment within 12 months.
- Employer pressure is low, based on 1 recent Singapore-relevant company signals.
Role profile
How this role's work breaks down across key dimensions. This is a general profile, not an individual measurement.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
How this changes by career stage
Senior workers benefit from institutional knowledge and judgment that AI cannot replicate. Entry-level roles have higher task overlap with AI.
Frequently asked questions
Will AI replace Landscape and plant nursery supervisor?
Landscape and plant nursery supervisor has 24% AI task overlap and 32% human bottleneck protection — lower risk than 61% of occupations in the live market. Current AI capabilities have limited overlap with core tasks. Net displacement risk: 10% (Low). Median wage: SGD 2,575/month.
What is the AI risk score for Landscape and plant nursery supervisor?
Landscape and plant nursery supervisor has an AI displacement risk of 10%, rated Low. AI task overlap: 24%. Human advantage: 32%. Local demand buffer: 62%.
What career transitions are available for Landscape and plant nursery supervisor?
Landscape and plant nursery supervisor has modeled transition pathways to related occupations. The strongest adjacent pathway is Gardener and horticultural worker, based on skill and wage similarity (model-estimated). Transition scoring accounts for wage preservation, training ease, and destination quality.
How does Landscape and plant nursery supervisor salary compare in the live market?
Landscape and plant nursery supervisor earns a median gross wage of SGD 2,575/month in the live market (25th-75th percentile: SGD 1,750-3,500). This is 43% below median across all 562 scored occupations, and near group median within Agricultural & Fishery Workers occupations.