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Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · SOC 45-2041
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$35,730
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
5,800
Proj. Annual Openings
25,180
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-5%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 45-2041 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 48/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $35,730
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 5,800
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -5.4%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 5,785 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
MonitoringActive ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingCoordination
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure1.3%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
13.6%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI10%
AI ability · AIOE30.9%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne41%
Top Skills
1.Monitoring
2.Active Listening
3.Speaking
4.Critical Thinking
5.Coordination
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition.
Common titles: Agriculture Laborer, Apple Sorter, Corn Lab Technician, Distribution Technician, Egg Grader, Egg Worker
Representative Tasks
- •Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers.
- •Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel.
- •Discard inferior or defective products or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing.
- •Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell, and quality to ensure correct processing and usage.
- •Record grade or identification numbers on tags or on shipping, receiving, or sales sheets.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Package agricultural products for shipment or further processing.
- •Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification.
- •Measure physical characteristics of forestry or agricultural products.
- •Sort forestry or agricultural materials.
- •Record agricultural or forestry inventory data.
Tools & Technologies
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Employment Projections & AI Exposure
11
Occupations Shown
0.2%
Avg AI Exposure
1
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 45-2041: 2019 — employment: 34,340, median wage: $25,670; 2020 — employment: 28,640, median wage: $28,220; 2021 — employment: 25,560, median wage: $29,630; 2022 — employment: 23,280, median wage: $32,550; 2023 — employment: 23,430, median wage: $34,360; 2025 — employment: 25,180, median wage: $35,730.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| Outlook | Average | 9% Bright |
| Median Salary | $35,730 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |