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	Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	Soil and Plant Scientists	Range Managers	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
SUMMARY	22% Low Risk	10% Minimal Risk	12% Minimal Risk	10% Minimal Risk
JOB SCORE	5.4/10	7.6/10	5.7/10	7.1/10
POLLING	37% (Low Risk, Based on 326 votes)	22% (Low Risk, Based on 78 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	32% (Low Risk, Based on 17 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-1.3%	5.4%	3.4%	4.1%
WAGES	$87,980 or $42.29 per hour	$71,410 or $34.33 per hour	$67,950 or $32.67 per hour	$86,350 or $41.51 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	5,910	16,600	25,590	8,700
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DESCRIPTION	Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.	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.	Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.	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.

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