Farm Labor Contractors
Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
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What the data says: AI couldn't halve the time on any of its 7 tasks, and jobs are projected to grow 7.4% by 2035. How to think about this →
About this projection
BLS builds AI into its projections where the research supports it: “BLS generally applies adjustments based on this research conservatively, where there is convincing evidence for a change.”
It also notes a limit: “BLS projection methods are not designed to capture extremely rapid technological change.”
On its AI exposure groups, BLS says exposure “does not imply job loss.”
Recent conditions
- In 2024, 3.4% of people in this work were unemployed, against 3.8% across all occupations Census ACS 2024, all workers in the Census group “Human resources workers”
Median pay by state BLS OEWS May 2025, state estimates
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Median pay in every state
| State | Median | Middle half earn | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | $85,710 | $66,960 to $104,740 | not published |
| Florida | $79,590 | $76,500 to $80,100 | not published |
| Minnesota | $50,730 | $49,640 to $59,780 | not published |
Nationally: $58,460. Shades run from the lowest state median to the highest; a territory below that range takes the lightest. How to read this
How AI touches the work
What AI could speed up, task by task, and where people already use it.
AI could halve the time on none of its 7 tasks
| AI rating | Its main tasks | Share of Claude conversations May 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Not much | Recruit and hire agricultural workers. | Not published |
| Not much | Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers. | Not published |
| Not much | Supervise the work of contracted employees. | Not published |
| Not much | Furnish tools for employee use. | Not published |
| Not much | Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules. | Not published |
| Not much | Pay wages of contracted farm laborers. | Not published |
See all 7 tasks
| Not much | Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites. | Not published |
Ordered by how important O*NET's respondents rate each task (1 to 5) times the share who say it is part of their job. The ordering is ours. 0 of the 7 have a published share of Claude conversations; “not published” means too few conversations for Anthropic to publish a figure.
Where people already use AI
The tasks above say what AI could speed up. This shows what people are using it for. Its 7 tasks fall under 6 work activities that many occupations share, and Microsoft counted how often each one came up in 200,000 conversations with its Copilot assistant in 2024.
| Work activity | This occupation's tasks under it | People asked AI for help in 10,000 conversations |
AI did it for them in 10,000 conversations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distribute materials, supplies, or resources | |||
| Supervise personnel activities | |||
| Execute financial transactions | |||
| Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures | |||
| Perform recruiting or hiring activities | |||
| Manage human resources activities |
How to read this
Work activities come from O*NET, which links every task to the broader activities it involves. Microsoft's figures are for the activity across everyone who used Copilot, not for farm labor contractors specifically. Copilot is a general chat assistant; dedicated coding tools are not included, so programming help is under-counted here. Activities are listed by how many of this occupation's tasks fall under them.
The task ratings say whether AI could halve the time a task takes: on its own (“AI alone”), or with software built on it (“AI + software”). They were made by people in 2023 (Eloundou et al.). Claude's share is the task's share of all Claude.ai conversations in May 2026; Anthropic doesn't publish a task with too few conversations. None of these add up to the BLS exposure group, which combines five research measures.
More in the Guide: task ratings · task order · work activities · Copilot figures · Claude
High exposure doesn't mean fewer jobs
BLS projects most occupations in its two most exposed groups to grow: 141 of 206 rated Very high and 165 of 206 rated High. Each dot is one of the 831 occupations BLS rates.
Career moves into and out of this occupation
From moves between occupations found in online resumes, 2002–2016. Career changes only: a first job after school isn't a move.
Where people moved next
of 671 moves out
- 1 Information Security Analysts Very high +21.0% 5%
- 2 Technical Writers Very high +0.8% 5%
- 3 General and Operations Managers High +5.0% 5%
- 4 Management Analysts Very high +10.1% 3%
- 5 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers Moderate +3.8% 3%
Where people moved in from
of 733 moves in
- 1 Recreation Workers Moderate +4.3% 14%
- 2 Technical Writers Very high +0.8% 8%
- 3 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Very high -6.0% 6%
- 4 General and Operations Managers High +5.0% 4%
- 5 Audio and Video Technicians High +3.9% 4%
Resumes over-represent younger, white-collar job-seekers and moves into management. Schubert, Stansbury and Taska (resume data).
Education and training for the occupation
Census survey (American Community Survey)
- 1% less than high school
- 10% high school
- 15% some college
- 8% associate's
- 46% bachelor's
- 19% master's
- 1% professional degree
- 1% doctorate
Census ACS 2024, all workers in the Census group “Human resources workers” · 9,902 people surveyed.
Median pay by highest degree full-time, year-round · Census ACS 2024, all workers in the Census group “Human resources workers”
Jobs that require a credential BLS Occupational Requirements Survey 2023
BLS publishes no credential figures for this occupation.
Look up certifications, training and licenses U.S. Department of Labor
- Certification Finder ↗ certifications CareerOneStop lists for this occupation
- Training Finder ↗ schools and programs, nationwide; narrow the place there
- License Finder ↗ licenses by state
- Apprenticeships: DOL's list of apprenticeable occupations doesn't include this one.
These open in a new tab and send only the occupation's public code. More in the Guide
BLS AI exposure categories (Aug 2026) · BLS Employment Projections 2025–35 · O*NET 31.0 · Task ratings: Eloundou et al., Science (2024) · Microsoft "Working with AI" v1.1 · Anthropic Economic Index (2026-06-26) · Schubert, Stansbury and Taska · NCES CIP–SOC · Census ACS 2024 · BLS JOLTS
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