Farming & Agriculture
Farmworkers, Animal
SOC 45-2093
Feed, herd, and care for livestock day in and day out.
The job
Median pay
$37k
$31k to $46k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-3.2% projected
Openings a year
27k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
9/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
15th pct
More exposed than 15% of occupations · modeled estimate · 50th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
42/100
Key skills
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,750 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $34k |
| California | 3,600 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $39k |
| Kansas | 1,340 | 0.9 | 4.4× | $37k |
| Pennsylvania | 1,330 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $35k |
| Missouri | 1,310 | 0.4 | 2.1× | $33k |
| Alabama | 1,300 | 0.6 | 2.9× | $37k |
| Colorado | 1,270 | 0.4 | 2.1× | $40k |
| Iowa | 1,240 | 0.8 | 3.8× | $36k |
| Ohio | 1,160 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $31k |
| Washington | 1,100 | 0.3 | 1.5× | $45k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 930 | 0.3 | 1.5× | $33k |
| North Carolina | 910 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $39k |
| Florida | 820 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $37k |
| Michigan | 750 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $33k |
| Kentucky | 700 | 0.3 | 1.7× | $38k |
| Oregon | 700 | 0.4 | 1.7× | $35k |
| Georgia | 690 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $28k |
| Montana | 660 | 1.3 | 6.1× | $37k |
| Arizona | 650 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $35k |
| Virginia | 630 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $39k |
| Minnesota | 580 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Nebraska | 570 | 0.6 | 2.6× | $37k |
| New York | 530 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $35k |
| Idaho | 480 | 0.6 | 2.6× | $41k |
| Wyoming | 470 | 1.7 | 7.9× | $39k |
| Arkansas | 460 | 0.4 | 1.7× | $29k |
| Illinois | 450 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $34k |
| Tennessee | 450 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $34k |
| Indiana | 420 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $38k |
| Oklahoma | 420 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $34k |
| New Mexico | 330 | 0.4 | 1.8× | $36k |
| Maryland | 310 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $42k |
| Mississippi | 290 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $37k |
| Massachusetts | 270 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $38k |
| New Jersey | 250 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $39k |
| Nevada | 210 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $32k |
| South Carolina | 190 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $35k |
| Hawaii | 160 | 0.3 | 1.2× | $47k |
| Maine | 140 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $42k |
| New Hampshire | 130 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $40k |
| North Dakota | 130 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $40k |
| South Dakota | 100 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $38k |
| Connecticut | 90 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $35k |
| Delaware | 90 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $37k |
| Louisiana | 80 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $32k |
| Utah | 80 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $33k |
| Vermont | 80 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $41k |
| Alaska | 40 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $50k |
| West Virginia | 40 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $48k |
| Rhode Island | 25 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $39k~ |
| Washington DC | 9 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $71k~ |
Top metro areas
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA610 jobs · $38k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX600 jobs · $35k median
- Kansas City, MO-KS470 jobs · $36k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX460 jobs · $36k median
- Lancaster, PA430 jobs · $37k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ420 jobs · $38k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA410 jobs · $45k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA380 jobs · $44k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Farmworkers, Animal interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.