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Fallers
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · SOC 45-4021
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$52,100
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
800
Proj. Annual Openings
3,130
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-7.2%/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 45-4021 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
- 50/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $52,100
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 800
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -7.3%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 786 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Operation and ControlCritical ThinkingMonitoringOperations MonitoringJudgment and Decision Making
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.
8%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI3.1%
AI ability · AIOE20.8%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne76%
Top Skills
1.Operation and Control
2.Critical Thinking
3.Monitoring
4.Operations Monitoring
5.Judgment and Decision Making
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
Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.
Common titles: Cutter Operator, Logger, Sawyer, Timber Cutter, Timber Faller, Tree Faller
Representative Tasks
- •Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.
- •Appraise trees for certain characteristics, such as twist, rot, and heavy limb growth, and gauge amount and direction of lean, to determine how to control the direction of a tree's fall with the least damage.
- •Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.
- •Clear brush from work areas and escape routes, and cut saplings and other trees from direction of falls, using axes, chainsaws, or bulldozers.
- •Measure felled trees and cut them into specified log lengths, using chain saws and axes.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Cut trees or logs.
- •Operate forestry equipment.
- •Evaluate quality of plants or crops.
- •Trim trees or other vegetation.
- •Evaluate log quality.
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 45-4021: 2019 — employment: 4,890, median wage: $44,650; 2020 — employment: 4,820, median wage: $43,190; 2021 — employment: 4,170, median wage: $47,700; 2022 — employment: 4,530, median wage: $49,160; 2023 — employment: 4,800, median wage: $53,170; 2025 — employment: 3,130, median wage: $52,100.
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 | $52,100 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |