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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in The United States
(Trabajadores y peones agropecuarios, cultivos, viveros e invernaderos)
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; cleaning, grading, sorting, packing and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
| SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) | 45-2092.00 |
| Career Interests | R |
| Minimum education required | (none) No formal educational credential |
| Minimum work experience required | (None) None |
| Job training required | (Short OJT) Short-term on-the-job training |
| Growth Outlook (projected percentage growth in jobs per year from 2018-2028) | 0.2 (low growth) |
| Current number of workers in USA (2018) | 532,300 |
| Projected number of workers in USA (2028) | 542,700 |
| Average Annual Openings in USA (2018-2028) | 88,800 |
| Average entry-level annual salary in USA (2019) | $23,010 |
| Average annual salary for all workers in USA (2019) | $27,780 |
| Average experienced-worker annual salary for all workers in USA (2019) | $36,910 |
| Career Cluster | Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (Agricultura, alimento y recursos naturales) |
| Major Occupational Group | Farming, Fishing, and Forestry |
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Salaries over $208,000 are sometimes shown as >$208,000 rather than the actual salary.
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