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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Also filed here: Farmer, Farm worker, Agricultural labourer, Kisan
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.4% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- Joint #556 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -2.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $35,660 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 546,800 in the US, with about 72,500 openings a year
The work, 19 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: Perform agricultural activities15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate agricultural or forestry equipment13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Mark materials or objects for identification6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Manage agricultural or forestry operations6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate production inputs or outputs6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Sort materials or products6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies5%
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: Research biological or ecological phenomena4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 283 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Build structures4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Sell products or services4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on business or operational matters3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 290 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut trees or other vegetation2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Package objects1%
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 98 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 72,500 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 42% of the workLandscaping and Groundskeeping Workers2% AI does, against 7% here+4.7% by 2035 · $39,150 · No formal credential
- Shares 32% of the workAgricultural Equipment Operators0% AI does, against 7% here+8.6% by 2035 · $41,730 · No formal credential
- Shares 27% of the workPackaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders0% AI does, against 7% here+4.1% by 2035 · $43,220 · High school diploma
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 0.05, higher than 11% 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, 45-2092 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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