Farming & Agriculture

Vineyard & Winery Workers

SOC 45-2092

Tend grapevines and assist with winemaking through the harvest season.

The job

Median pay

$36k

$34k to $39k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Declining

-2.4% projected

Openings a year

73k

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

8/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

11th pct

More exposed than 11% of occupations · modeled estimate · 11th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

43/100

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Key skills

Speaking
Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Critical Thinking
Monitoring

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	172,260	9.5	5.5×	$36k
Washington	13,490	3.8	2.2×	$39k
Florida	9,180	0.9	0.5×	$31k
Arizona	7,110	2.2	1.3×	$35k
Oregon	6,780	3.4	2.0×	$34k
Michigan	5,410	1.2	0.7×	$39k
Texas	4,290	0.3	0.2×	$33k
Pennsylvania	2,940	0.5	0.3×	$37k
Illinois	2,850	0.5	0.3×	$41k
New York	2,760	0.3	0.2×	$41k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Missouri	2,600	0.9	0.5×	$36k
North Carolina	2,510	0.5	0.3×	$34k
Colorado	2,450	0.9	0.5×	$38k
New Jersey	2,430	0.6	0.3×	$38k
Idaho	2,420	2.8	1.6×	$34k
Ohio	1,990	0.4	0.2×	$37k
New Mexico	1,960	2.3	1.3×	$31k
Georgia	1,610	0.3	0.2×	$30k
Virginia	1,590	0.4	0.2×	$36k
Wisconsin	1,490	0.5	0.3×	$35k
Maryland	1,380	0.5	0.3×	$38k
Massachusetts	1,340	0.4	0.2×	$38k
Minnesota	1,200	0.4	0.2×	$38k
Oklahoma	1,080	0.6	0.4×	$33k
Tennessee	1,080	0.3	0.2×	$31k
Iowa	930	0.6	0.3×	$38k
Indiana	910	0.3	0.2×	$37k
Kansas	900	0.6	0.4×	$37k
Alabama	740	0.4	0.2×	$34k
Montana	720	1.4	0.8×	$41k
Hawaii	700	1.1	0.7×	$37k
South Carolina	680	0.3	0.2×	$35k
Utah	670	0.4	0.2×	$33k
Nevada	660	0.4	0.3×	$33k
Louisiana	570	0.3	0.2×	$33k
Kentucky	510	0.3	0.1×	$33k
Connecticut	460	0.3	0.2×	$37k
Nebraska	440	0.4	0.3×	$40k
Arkansas	390	0.3	0.2×	$33k
Mississippi	300	0.3	0.1×	$30k
Maine	280	0.4	0.3×	$39k
Rhode Island	230	0.5	0.3×	$38k
Delaware	220	0.5	0.3×	$33k
New Hampshire	220	0.3	0.2×	$36k
Vermont	220	0.7	0.4×	$35k
South Dakota	190	0.4	0.2×	$42k
Alaska	120	0.4	0.2×	$37k
West Virginia	100	0.1	0.1×	$31k
Washington DC	73	0.1	0.1×	$69k~
North Dakota	60	0.1	0.1×	$31k
Wyoming	50	0.2	0.1×	$55k

Top metro areas

Bakersfield-Delano, CA32,500 jobs · $35k median
Fresno, CA28,570 jobs · $35k median
Salinas, CA26,830 jobs · $37k median
Visalia, CA21,420 jobs · $35k median
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA11,020 jobs · $36k median
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA5,310 jobs · $35k median
Yakima, WA4,550 jobs · $39k median
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA4,510 jobs · $36k median

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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.