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Agricultural Engineers
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 6.9% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- Joint #326 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +6.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $98,590 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1,500 in the US, with about 100 openings a year
The work, 17 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI helps with this: Create visual designs or displays12%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
AI helps with this: Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications12%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 502 conversations, and it got them there 54% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare proposals or grant applications7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Document technical designs, procedures, or activities7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 779 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Investigate the environmental impact of industrial or development activities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Coordinate with others to resolve problems7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 738 conversations, and it got them there 83% of the time.
Still yours: Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizations6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,100 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on environmental sustainability or green practices5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,887 Copilot conversations and completed it 97% of the time.
AI does this: Plan work activities5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 720 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Train others on operational or work procedures5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 348 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Design structures or facilities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct construction or extraction activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Design industrial systems or equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop sustainable organizational or business policies or practices3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 107 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 100 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 43% of the workArchitects16% AI does, against 22% here+4.3% by 2035 · $99,280 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 31% of the workElectrical Engineers13% AI does, against 22% here+9.9% by 2035 · $120,630 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 25% of the workElectricians15% AI does, against 22% here+9.2% by 2035 · $63,190 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.15, higher than 53% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 17-2021 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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