AI JOB RISK SCANNER
O*NET-SOC 45-2092.00 / model V11 rated-task engine

Will AI replace
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse?

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Estimated AI task exposure
8%

Low exposure

V11 weights occupation tasks using O*NET Importance, Relevance and Frequency ratings instead of treating every task equally.

26 tasks have usable Task Rating records; weighted-task coverage is 96%.

Digital/info work

31/100

Physical moat

82/100

Human moat

21/100

Rating coverage

96%

27 task statements / 26 rated

Highest-weighted occupation tasks

Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
Importance 77/100Relevance 81/100Frequency 65/100Weight 0.76
Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
Importance 76/100Relevance 86/100Frequency 54/100Weight 0.74
Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.
Importance 70/100Relevance 86/100Frequency 55/100Weight 0.72
Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.
Importance 76/100Relevance 80/100Frequency 54/100Weight 0.72
Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs.
Importance 78/100Relevance 77/100Frequency 43/100Weight 0.69
Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.
Importance 61/100Relevance 88/100Frequency 48/100Weight 0.68
Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers.
Importance 64/100Relevance 85/100Frequency 45/100Weight 0.67
Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress.
Importance 67/100Relevance 73/100Frequency 57/100Weight 0.67
Set up and operate irrigation equipment.
Importance 68/100Relevance 72/100Frequency 47/100Weight 0.64
Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities.
Importance 57/100Relevance 78/100Frequency 45/100Weight 0.62

Task weighting

Each rated task receives a composite weight: 38% relevance, 37% importance and 25% frequency. Core tasks receive a small additional multiplier. Low-precision rows flagged by O*NET for suppression are excluded.

Occupation scoring

When rating coverage is strong, rated tasks contribute 60% of the digital, physical and human task signals and Work Activities contribute 40%. Lower-coverage occupations automatically rely more on Work Activities.

U.S. labor market

BLS Wage & Employment Outlook

Median annual wage

$35,660

BLS OEWS May 2025

National employment

265,500

BLS OEWS May 2025

Projected growth

-2.4%

BLS Employment Projections 2025–2035

Average annual openings

72

BLS Employment Projections 2025–2035

BLS labor-market figures are separate from the site's AI-exposure model. Missing values mean a compatible detailed BLS occupation estimate was not published or could not be mapped.

Career pivot radar

Safer Career Alternatives

These options are selected from the same 923-occupation model. They favor a similar task/work profile with meaningfully lower estimated AI exposure. They are suggestions for exploration, not guarantees of job fit.

SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

5%

3 points lower exposure • 97% profile similarity

Median wage: $56,210 Growth 2025–2035: +4.4% Annual openings: 1

similar work profile with lower modeled exposure
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Helpers--Extraction Workers

5%

3 points lower exposure • 97% profile similarity

Median wage: $47,730 Growth 2025–2035: +1.7% Annual openings: 1

more physical-world work
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics

5%

3 points lower exposure • 97% profile similarity

Median wage: $47,880 Growth 2025–2035: +2.3% Annual openings: 4

similar work profile with lower modeled exposure
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Bicycle Repairers

5%

3 points lower exposure • 95% profile similarity

Median wage: $42,780 Growth 2025–2035: -5.7% Annual openings: 1

stronger human/judgment moat
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

5%

3 points lower exposure • 96% profile similarity

Median wage: $65,510 Growth 2025–2035: +6.7% Annual openings: 15

similar work profile with lower modeled exposure
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic

6%

2 points lower exposure • 98% profile similarity

Median wage: $63,870 Growth 2025–2035: -3.4% Annual openings: 0

similar work profile with lower modeled exposure

Personalized career defense protocol

AI-Proofing Plan

AUTOMATE

    AUGMENT

    • administrative support tasks
    • planning and documentation

    PROTECT

    • physical-world execution
    • on-site troubleshooting
    • dexterity and equipment interaction

    LEARN

    • AI-assisted diagnostics
    • digital documentation
    • basic AI literacy

    AI-PROOFING RESOURCES

    What this score does not mean

    The percentage is a comparative task-exposure index. It is not the probability that this occupation disappears, that a worker is laid off, or that AI can perform the entire job.

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