Farming & Agriculture
Precision Agriculture Technicians
SOC 45-2099
Use drones, sensors, and data to help farms optimize every acre.
The job
Median pay
$40k
$33k to $53k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.8% projected
Openings a year
1k
BLS projection
Typical education
Associate's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
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
46th pct
More exposed than 46% of occupations · modeled estimate
Future-proof
47/100
Key skills
- GPS & sensors
- Data analysis
- Soil science
- Equipment
- Tech adoption
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 960 | 0.1 | 2.3× | $53k |
| Texas | 310 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $40k |
| Tennessee | 240 | 0.1 | 3.1× | $33k |
| Arkansas | 220 | 0.2 | 7.3× | $33k |
| Washington | 181 | 0.1 | 2.2× | $44k~ |
| Maryland | 180 | 0.1 | 2.8× | $38k |
| West Virginia | 150 | 0.2 | 9.2× | $25k |
| Louisiana | 140 | 0.1 | 3.1× | $38k |
| Florida | 100 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $33k |
| Oregon | 100 | 0.1 | 2.2× | $39k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 90 | 0.1 | 6.2× | $47k |
| Kansas | 90 | 0.1 | 2.7× | $43k~ |
| Montana | 80 | 0.2 | 6.7× | $42k |
| Arizona | 79 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $43k~ |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $34k~ |
| North Carolina | 58 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $44k~ |
| Missouri | 55 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $41k~ |
| Illinois | 54 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $48k~ |
| Alabama | 52 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $41k~ |
| Georgia | 50 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $39k |
| Michigan | 50 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $29k |
| Ohio | 50 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $44k |
| Wisconsin | 50 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $38k |
| Colorado | 43 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $44k~ |
| Iowa | 42 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $40k~ |
| New York | 41 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $48k~ |
| Idaho | 40 | 0.0 | 2.0× | $39k |
| Oklahoma | 40 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $35k |
| Virginia | 40 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $45k~ |
| Mississippi | 36 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $41k~ |
| Minnesota | 31 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $52k~ |
| Kentucky | 30 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $40k |
| New Jersey | 27 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $42k~ |
| Indiana | 26 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $49k~ |
| South Carolina | 26 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $49k~ |
| Nebraska | 25 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $50k~ |
| New Mexico | 25 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $37k~ |
| Massachusetts | 21 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $48k~ |
| Maine | 14 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $50k~ |
| South Dakota | 14 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $47k~ |
| Utah | 10 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $45k~ |
| Nevada | 9 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $39k~ |
| North Dakota | 8 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $51k~ |
| Delaware | 7 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $43k~ |
| Connecticut | 6 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $41k~ |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $51k~ |
| Wyoming | 6 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $42k~ |
| Vermont | 4 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $51k~ |
| Alaska | 3 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $56k~ |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $43k~ |
| Washington DC | 1 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $77k~ |
Top metro areas
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA150 jobs · $34k median
- Fresno, CA110 jobs · $50k median
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD90 jobs · $37k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA90 jobs · $57k median
- San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR90 jobs · $26k median
- Knoxville, TN60 jobs · $34k median
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN60 jobs · $29k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA60 jobs · $60k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Precision Agriculture Technicians 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.