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| Agricultural Equipment Operators | 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. |
The median salary for Agricultural Equipment Operators is $39000 |
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| Animal Scientists | Conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals. |
The median salary for Animal Scientists is $71500 |
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| Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products | Purchase farm products either for further processing or resale. Includes tree farm contractors, grain brokers and market operators, grain buyers, and tobacco buyers. May negotiate contracts. |
The median salary for Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products is $69900 |
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| Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems. |
The median salary for Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians is $49600 |
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| Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers | 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. |
The median salary for Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers is $78200 |
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| 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. |
The median salary for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse is $34100 |
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| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep and collect eggs in hatcheries. |
The median salary for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals is $35300 |
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| Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition. |
The median salary for Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products is $33600 |
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| Logging Equipment Operators | Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers. |
The median salary for Logging Equipment Operators is $47900 |
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| Soil and Plant Scientists | 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. |
The median salary for Soil and Plant Scientists is $67800 |
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| Supervisors and Managers of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers. |
The median salary for Supervisors and Managers of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers is $56300 |
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| Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers | Feed, water, and examine pets and other nonfarm animals for signs of illness, disease, or injury in laboratories and animal hospitals and clinics. Clean and disinfect cages and work areas, and sterilize laboratory and surgical equipment. May provide routine postoperative care, administer medication orally or topically, or prepare samples for laboratory examination under the supervision of veterinary or laboratory animal technologists or technicians, veterinarians, or scientists. |
The median salary for Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers is $35800 |
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