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Fallers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 9.9% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #497 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -9.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $52,100 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 4,300 in the US, with about 500 openings a year
The work, 10 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
Still yours: Cut trees or other vegetation39%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate agricultural or forestry equipment19%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate production inputs or outputs11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine operational methods or procedures10%
AI performed this in about 1 in 461 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Mark materials or objects for identification6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
AI helps with this: Set up equipment2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 511 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform agricultural activities1%
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 90 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 500 openings a year as people 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 31% of the workAgricultural Equipment Operators0% AI does, against 10% here+8.6% by 2035 · $41,730 · No formal credential
- Shares 25% of the workPesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation0% AI does, against 10% here+3.9% by 2035 · $46,340 · High school diploma
- Shares 36% of the workLandscaping and Groundskeeping Workers2% AI does, against 10% here+4.7% by 2035 · $39,150 · No formal credential
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Planet 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 0.07, higher than 22% 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, 45-4021 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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