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Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 3.4% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- Joint #670 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -3.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $89,900 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 788,700 in the US, with about 70,800 openings a year
The work, 17 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: Manage agricultural or forestry operations27%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Compile records, documentation, or other data7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 191 conversations, and it got them there 86% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Analyze business or financial data5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 719 conversations, and it got them there 72% of the time.
AI helps with this: Determine resource needs of projects or operations5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,590 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
Still yours: Develop contingency or emergency response plans5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform agricultural activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare legal or regulatory documents5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect facilities or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 787 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Negotiate contracts or agreements3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Test characteristics of materials or products3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on products or services3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 42 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Analyze data to improve operations2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct construction or extraction activities2%
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 97 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 70,800 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
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The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work 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 0.08, higher than 23% 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, 11-9013 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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