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Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · SOC 45-2093

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$36,670
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
40,600
Proj. Annual Openings
32,810
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-1.8%/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 45-2093 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
54/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$36,670
H-1B offered wage $36,000; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
40,600
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -5.0%.
Observed/proxy demand
3
FY2025 certified LCAs; 36,300 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Critical ThinkingMonitoringActive ListeningOperations MonitoringOperation and Control

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.

14.5%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI6.3%
AI ability · AIOE37.2%

Top Skills

1.Critical Thinking
2.Monitoring
3.Active Listening
4.Operations Monitoring
5.Operation and Control

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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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.

12
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
3
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$36,000
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#463 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep and collect eggs in hatcheries.

Common titles: Cowboy, Farm Hand, Farrowing Worker, Herdsman, Livestock Handler, Milking Worker

Representative Tasks

  • Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
  • Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
  • Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
  • Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
  • Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Care for animals.
  • Examine animals to detect illness, injury or other problems.
  • Treat animal injuries or illnesses.
  • Prepare materials or solutions for animal or plant use.
  • Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification.

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Excel · hotMicrosoft Office software · hotMicrosoft Word · hotBCL Landview Systems WinCropFarm Works Software TracLancaster DHIA PCDARTValley Agricultural Software DairyCOMP 305Web browser software

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


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 45-2093: 2019 — employment: 36,630, median wage: $27,830; 2020 — employment: 36,820, median wage: $29,130; 2021 — employment: 34,140, median wage: $29,630; 2022 — employment: 33,020, median wage: $34,150; 2023 — employment: 32,590, median wage: $35,120; 2025 — employment: 32,810, median wage: $36,670.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure0.0%1.3%
OutlookAverage9% Bright
Median Salary$36,670N/A
AI Resiliency100/100N/A