--- title: "Jobs in Agriculture" description: "Careers that grow and manage food and fibre, from farm and ranch managers to agronomists, soil scientists, agricultural engineers and inspectors. Careers…" canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/jobs-in-agriculture" last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z" --- # Jobs in Agriculture Careers that grow and manage food and fibre, from farm and ranch managers to agronomists, soil scientists, agricultural engineers and inspectors. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages. 36 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry". | # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Agricultural Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/agricultural-sciences-teacher-postsecondary) | $98,700 | +2.9% | Doctorate | | 2 | [Agricultural Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/agricultural-engineer) | $98,590 | +6.9% | Bachelor's | | 3 | [Farmer or Agricultural Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farmer-or-agricultural-manager) | $89,900 | -3.4% | High school | | 4 | [Viticulturist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/viticulturist) | $78,850 | +6.7% | Bachelor's | | 5 | [Buyer and Purchasing Agent, Farm Products](https://nuecareer.com/careers/buyer-and-purchasing-agent-farm-products) | $77,710 | +6.0% | Bachelor's | | 6 | [Farm and Home Management Educator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farm-and-home-management-educator) | $60,220 | -3.2% | Master's | | 7 | [First-Line Supervisor of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-farming-fishing-and-forestry-workers) | $59,320 | +3.8% | High school | | 8 | [Farm Labor Contractor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farm-labor-contractor) | $58,460 | +7.4% | No formal credential | | 9 | [Farm Equipment Mechanic and Service Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farm-equipment-mechanic-and-service-technician) | $56,550 | +10.7% | High school | | 10 | [Agricultural Inspector](https://nuecareer.com/careers/agricultural-inspector) | $49,940 | +2.3% | Bachelor's | | 11 | [Agricultural Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/agricultural-technician) | $49,630 | +5.4% | Associate's | | 12 | [Precision Agriculture Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/precision-agriculture-technician) | $49,630 | +5.4% | Associate's | | 13 | [Seed Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/seed-analyst) | $49,630 | +5.4% | Associate's | | 14 | [Vertical Farm Grower](https://nuecareer.com/careers/vertical-farm-grower) | $49,630 | +5.4% | Associate's | | 15 | [Agricultural Drone Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/agricultural-drone-pilot) | $46,340 | +3.9% | High school | | 16 | [Agricultural Equipment Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/agricultural-equipment-operator) | $41,730 | +8.6% | No formal credential | | 17 | [Commercial Beekeeper](https://nuecareer.com/careers/commercial-beekeeper) | $36,670 | -3.2% | No formal credential | | 18 | [Farmworker, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farmworker-farm-ranch-and-aquacultural-animal) | $36,670 | -3.2% | No formal credential | | 19 | [Grader and Sorter, Agricultural Products](https://nuecareer.com/careers/grader-and-sorter-agricultural-products) | $35,730 | -3.4% | No formal credential | | 20 | [Farmworker and Laborer, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farmworker-and-laborer-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse) | $35,660 | -2.4% | No formal credential | | 21 | [Cultivated Meat Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cultivated-meat-scientist) | $88,720 | +6.2% | Master's | | 22 | [Plant Breeder](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plant-breeder) | $78,850 | +6.7% | Doctorate | | 23 | [Plant Pathologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plant-pathologist) | $78,850 | +6.7% | Bachelor's | | 24 | [Soil and Plant Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/soil-and-plant-scientist) | $78,850 | +6.7% | Bachelor's | | 25 | [Commodities Trader](https://nuecareer.com/careers/commodities-trader) | $78,660 | +1.4% | Bachelor's | | 26 | [Entomologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/entomologist) | $76,780 | +3.6% | Bachelor's | | 27 | [Range Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/range-manager) | $73,010 | +5.3% | Bachelor's | | 28 | [Animal Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-scientist) | $68,940 | +5.8% | Bachelor's | | 29 | [Cannabis Cultivation Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cannabis-cultivation-director) | $59,320 | +3.8% | High school | | 30 | [Winemaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/winemaker) | $52,130 | +4.8% | Bachelor's | | 31 | [Animal Breeder](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-breeder) | $51,130 | +3.0% | High school | | 32 | [Pesticide Handler, Sprayer, and Applicator, Vegetation](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pesticide-handler-sprayer-and-applicator-vegetation) | $46,340 | +3.9% | High school | | 33 | [Cheesemaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cheesemaker) | $42,290 | +6.5% | High school | | 34 | [Bird Abatement Falconer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bird-abatement-falconer) | $39,990 | +4.2% | High school | | 35 | [Equine Dental Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/equine-dental-technician) | $35,360 | +12.1% | Certificate | | 36 | [Farrier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farrier) | $35,360 | +12.1% | High school | Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}. --- This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology JSON representation of this page: https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/collections/jobs-in-agriculture