Headline risk
1%
Very Low RiskFarmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
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.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 87,980
Employment 2024
836.1K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-1.3%
Openings (2024–34)
85.5K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers is projected to grow 1 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data. AI use: 0%
- 2. Determine how to allocate resources and to respond to unanticipated problems, such as insect infestation, drought, and fire. AI use: 0%
- 3. Manage nurseries that grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display or exhibition, or for research. AI use: 0%
- 4. Determine plant growing conditions, such as greenhouses, hydroponics, or natural settings, and set planting and care schedules. AI use: 0%
- 5. Prepare reports required by state and federal laws. AI use: 0%
- 6. Direct and monitor the transfer of mature fish to lakes, ponds, streams, or commercial tanks. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 56.1 · 810K employed
Under 25: 4% · 25–54: 41% · 55+: 54%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers run establishments that produce crops, livestock, and dairy products.
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers typically work outdoors but also may spend time in an office. Their work is often physically demanding.
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers typically need at least a high school diploma and work experience in a related occupation.
The median annual wage for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers was $87,980 in May 2024.
Employment of farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers is projected to grow 1 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.