Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians

Moderate Risk
40%

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Vote Comments (3)
AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
44%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
37%
(Low Risk, Based on 32 votes)
Average: 40%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
11.4%
by year 2033
WAGES
$49,210
or $23.66 per hour
Volume
36,830
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
6.0/10
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

44% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some very important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

  • Manual Dexterity

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

37% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 44% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Growth

Very fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians' job openings is expected to rise 11.4% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians' was $49,210, or $24 per hour

'Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians' were paid 2.4% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 36,830 people employed as 'Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 4 thousand people are employed as 'Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians'.

Job description

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems.

SOC Code: 49-3041.00

Comments (3)

Wadwerks (No chance)
22 Jul 2025 04:54
Test equipment needs to be installed and machine condition makes each job different so hard to make a machine adjust to age and damage.

Tractors need to be operated to diagnose problems at times and need a person to simulate the symptoms.

Tractors are worked on at least 50% of the time in the field and not brought to a shop so will be hard to take automating to tractor.
frederik (No chance)
08 Jan 2024 19:33
all the speacial things is ALOT difrent than ex. cars, motorcycles, bus.
Mārtiņš (Low)
27 Mar 2020 09:26
There are a LOT of things that can break on a tractor, it is unlikely that a robot could figure out what's wrong on a tractor. What is a screw breaks? What if a screw strips?
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