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	Agricultural Equipment Operators	First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	Maintenance Workers, Machinery	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	Agricultural Inspectors
SUMMARY	62% High Risk	25% Low Risk	51% Moderate Risk	53% Moderate Risk	50% Moderate Risk	40% Moderate Risk
JOB SCORE	3.9/10	5.0/10	6.0/10	4.0/10	3.2/10	3.0/10
POLLING	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	41% (Moderate Risk, Based on 24 votes)	37% (Low Risk, Based on 32 votes)	38% (Low Risk, Based on 94 votes)	56% (Moderate Risk, Based on 22 votes)	56% (Moderate Risk, Based on 27 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	7.7%	2.5%	11.0%	-2.8%	3.8%	1.5%
WAGES	$42,580 or $20.47 per hour	$59,330 or $28.52 per hour	$52,080 or $25.04 per hour	$60,500 or $29.08 per hour	$45,200 or $21.73 per hour	$50,990 or $24.51 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	30,940	29,530	36,880	56,540	25,200	12,090
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DESCRIPTION	Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops; feeding and herding livestock; or removing animal waste. May perform tasks such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.	Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.	Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems.	Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.	Mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or crops. Usually requires specific training and state or federal certification.	Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.

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