Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · SOC 45-2092
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 45-2092 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 2.0%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 53/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $35,660
- H-1B offered wage $35,360; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 88,800
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -3.3%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 1
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 86,043 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- 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.
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
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.
Common titles: Farm Laborer, Farmer, Field Irrigation Worker, Gardener, Greenhouse Worker, Grower
Representative Tasks
- •Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs.
- •Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
- •Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.
- •Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
- •Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Transport animals, crops, or equipment.
- •Sell agricultural products.
- •Maintain operational records.
- •Direct activities of agricultural, forestry, or fishery employees.
- •Harvest agricultural products.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 2.0% | 1.3% |
| Outlook | Average | 9% Bright |
| Median Salary | $35,660 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 98/100 | N/A |