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	Farm and Home Management Educators	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	Soil and Plant Scientists	Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	Health Education Specialists
SUMMARY	19% Minimal Risk	10% Minimal Risk	10% Minimal Risk	20% Low Risk	20% Minimal Risk
JOB SCORE	4.6/10	7.1/10	7.6/10	5.4/10	7.0/10
POLLING	40% (Moderate Risk, Based on 15 votes)	32% (Low Risk, Based on 17 votes)	22% (Low Risk, Based on 78 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	36% (Low Risk, Based on 28 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-2.5%	4.1%	5.4%	3.4%	4.5%
WAGES	$58,120 or $27.94 per hour	$86,350 or $41.51 per hour	$71,410 or $34.33 per hour	$77,280 or $37.15 per hour	$63,000 or $30.29 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	10,260	8,700	16,600	2,630	65,150
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DESCRIPTION	Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.	Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.	Conduct research in breeding, physiology, production, yield, and management of crops and agricultural plants or trees, shrubs, and nursery stock, their growth in soils, and control of pests; or study the chemical, physical, biological, and mineralogical composition of soils as they relate to plant or crop growth. May classify and map soils and investigate effects of alternative practices on soil and crop productivity.	Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.	Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Use data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.

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