Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
U.S. Workers
410
Median Salary
$48,690
10-Year Growth
+6.0%
Annual Openings
300
Typical entry: No formal educational credential
8 of 8 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
AI: Fully automatable - Payroll calculation and payment initiation are routine and can be fully automated by integrated AI-driven payroll and banking systems.
Provide check-cashing services to employees.
AI: Fully automatable - Automated check-processing, digital payment systems and kiosks can perform check-cashing services end-to-end with minimal human involvement by 2025.
Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
AI: Partial - AI can manage procurement, scheduling, and compliance tracking for food and sanitation but cannot physically provide or install those supplies on site.
Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
AI: Partial - AI can source, advertise, screen, and shortlist agricultural candidates but cannot perform all in-person hiring, verification, and legally accountable hiring decisions alone.
Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.
AI: Partial - AI can plan, schedule, and coordinate worker transport and direct assignments but cannot physically transport workers or handle on-the-ground direction and safety responsibilities alone.
Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
AI: Partial - AI can identify and recommend foreman candidates and handle paperwork but cannot assume the employer's legal authority or the human aspects of hiring and managing foremen.
Supervise the work of contracted employees.
AI: Partial - AI can monitor performance, provide instructions, and flag issues remotely, but on-site supervisory judgments, safety decisions, and human leadership remain necessary.
Furnish tools for employee use.
AI: Partial - AI can automate inventory, procurement, and distribution logistics for tools but cannot physically hand tools to workers without robotic systems and on-site operators.