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Agricultural Inspectors
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.3% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #419 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.3% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $49,940 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 17,800 in the US, with about 2,500 openings a year
The work, 11 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: Monitor operations to ensure compliance with regulations or standards43%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on business or operational matters15%
AI performed this in about 1 in 290 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
Still yours: Mark materials or objects for identification5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Package objects5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect environmental or biological samples5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Process shipments or mail5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Notify others of emergencies or problems5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Present information in legal proceedings3%
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 102 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 2,500 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 21% of the workPackaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders0% AI does, against 15% here+4.1% by 2035 · $43,220 · High school diploma
- Shares 21% of the workMachine Feeders and Offbearers0% AI does, against 15% here-13.1% by 2035 · $41,220 · No formal credential
- Shares 21% of the workGraders and Sorters, Agricultural Products0% AI does, against 15% here-3.4% by 2035 · $35,730 · 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 0.09, higher than 30% 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, 45-2011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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