Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
General Information
Description
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.
Workplace at a Glance
What you can expect to experience while on the job
- Responsibility
- Exposure to job hazards
- Physical activity
- Decision making
- Repetitiveness
- Level of competition
- Time pressure
Industry areas
- Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Job Outlook
Salary
Salary Information
Median Salary This is the median, or the midpoint, of the salary range for this career.
$33,000
State-by-state Salary
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Education & Interests
Most Common Education Levels
People in this career achieve this level of education.
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Less than high school 38%
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High school 28%
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Bachelor's degree 15%
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Some college 5%
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Master's degree 5%
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Associate's degree 2%
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First professional degree 2%
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Post baccalaureate 1%
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Doctoral degree 0%
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Post-doctoral training 0%
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Post-master's certificate 0%
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Post-secondary certificate 0%
PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
You may find this career fulfilling if you consider yourself to be:
- Realistic — You have an interest in physically working with equipment, materials or structures.
- Conventional — You have an interest in following procedures and regulations to organize information or data.
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Skills at a Glance
Skills helpful in this career
- Verbal skills
- Critical thinking & problem solving
- Equipment operation & maintenance
- Math & science skills
- Technology design & control
- Leadership
Knowledge
- Biology
- Mechanical
- Chemistry
- Food Production
- Administration and Management
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