Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
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Calculated automation risk
High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.
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Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 61% chance of automation.
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Growth
The number of 'Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse' job openings is expected to decline 2.4% by 2033
Total employment, and estimated job openings
Updated projections are due 09-2024.
Wages
In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse' was $34,470, or $16 per hour
'Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse' were paid 28.3% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060
Wages over time
Volume
As of 2023 there were 258,730 people employed as 'Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse' within the United States.
This represents around 0.17% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 586 people are employed as 'Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse'.
Job description
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
SOC Code: 45-2092.00
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