Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

High Risk
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Vote Comments (1)
AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
61%
(High Risk)
POLLING
64%
(High Risk, Based on 25 votes)
Average: 62%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-2.4%
by year 2033
WAGES
$34,470
or $16.57 per hour
Volume
258,730
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
2.3/10
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

61% (High 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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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

64% chance of full automation within the next two decades

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.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

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

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse' was 34.470 $, or 17 $ 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

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

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

Comments (1)

CarynW (Moderate)
18 Jan 2023 00:39
Farming is already largely done by robots and computers. With autonomous vehicles to take the digging equipment to the spot and GPS to tell them where to dig, it seems ripe for automation.
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