Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 45-2093.00
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.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.11–0.13· 5 ISCO-08 groups
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
ILO value for each linked ISCO-08 group
- ISCO-08 6320Subsistence Livestock Farmers0.13
- ISCO-08 6330Subsistence Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers0.12
- ISCO-08 9212Livestock Farm Labourers0.12
- ISCO-08 9213Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Labourers0.11
- ISCO-08 9216Fishery and Aquaculture Labourers0.11
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only22 rated tasks · 3 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (13.6%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- 3 rated tasks are not in the O*NET 31.0 task list; their scores are kept as published for O*NET 27.2.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % |
|---|---|
Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.45-2093.00 | 0.0020100.0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 21 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | |
Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. | —0 |
Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals. | —0 |
Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. | —0 |
Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. | —0 |
Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. | —0 |
Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. | —0 |
Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts. | —0 |
Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. | —0 |
Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. | —0 |
Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures. | —0 |
Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food. | —0 |
Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery. | —0 |
Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births. | —0 |
Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines. | —0 |
Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition. | —0 |
Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles. | —0 |
Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair. | —0 |
Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals. | —0 |
Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons. | —0 |
Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs. | —0 |
Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires. | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.O*NET Task ID 13412 | 0.5 |
Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery.O*NET Task ID 13421 | 0.5 |
Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.O*NET Task ID 13426 | 0.5 |
Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.O*NET Task ID 13410 | 0.0 |
Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.O*NET Task ID 13411 | 0.0 |
Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.O*NET Task ID 13413 | 0.0 |
Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.O*NET Task ID 13414 | 0.0 |
Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.O*NET Task ID 13415 | 0.0 |
Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.O*NET Task ID 13416 | 0.0 |
Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.O*NET Task ID 13417 | 0.0 |
Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.O*NET Task ID 13418 | 0.0 |
Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.O*NET Task ID 13419 | 0.0 |
Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.O*NET Task ID 13420 | 0.0 |
Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births.O*NET Task ID 13422 | 0.0 |
Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines.O*NET Task ID 13423 | 0.0 |
Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.O*NET Task ID 13424 | 0.0 |
Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.O*NET Task ID 13425 | 0.0 |
Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair.O*NET Task ID 13427 | 0.0 |
Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals.O*NET Task ID 13428 | 0.0 |
Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons.O*NET Task ID 13429 | 0.0 |
Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs.O*NET Task ID 13430 | 0.0 |
Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires.O*NET Task ID 13431 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page
All O*NET 31.0 task statements (19)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. | Core |
| Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals. | Core |
| Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. | Core |
| Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. | Core |
| Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. | Core |
| Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts. | Core |
| Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. | Core |
| Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. | Core |
| Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures. | Core |
| Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition. | Core |
| Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. | Supplemental |
| Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food. | Supplemental |
| Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery. | Supplemental |
| Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births. | Supplemental |
| Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles. | Supplemental |
| Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records. | Supplemental |
| Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair. | Supplemental |
| Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals. | Supplemental |
| Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs. | Supplemental |
1.29/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. | E2 structured facilities |
| Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals. | E2 structured facilities |
| Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. | E0 none |
| Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. | E0 none |
| Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. | E0 none |
| Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts. | E2 structured facilities |
| Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. | E2 structured facilities |
| Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. | E0 none |
| Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures. | E2 structured facilities |
| Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition. | E2 structured facilities |
| Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food. | E3 unstructured settings |
| Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births. | E0 none |
| Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles. | E2 structured facilities |
| Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair. | E0 none |
| Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs. | E0 none |
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
- Employment, 2025
- 202K
- Projected employment, 2035
- 196K
- Change (2025–35)
- -3.2%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $36,670
- Typical education needed for entry
- No formal educational credential
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61311 | 젖소 사육원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 61319 | 그 외 낙농 관련 종사원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 61320 | 한우 및 육우 사육원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 61330 | 돼지 사육원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 61341 | 육계 사육원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 61342 | 산란계 사육원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 61349 | 그 외 가금 사육원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 61391 | 양봉 종사원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 61393 | 동물 부화원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 63011 | 어패류 양식원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 63019 | 그 외 양식원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 99110 | 농업 관련 단순 종사원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 63012 | 해조류 양식원 | Overlapping, not the same | reviewed |
| 61394 | 병아리 감별사 | Related, not a match | confirmed |
| 99130 | 어업 관련 단순 종사원 | Related, not a match | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 6320Subsistence Livestock Farmers
- ISCO-08 6330Subsistence Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers
- ISCO-08 9212Livestock Farm Labourers
- ISCO-08 9213Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Labourers
- ISCO-08 9216Fishery and Aquaculture Labourers
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- aquaculture hatchery workerESCO 6221.5This occupation is broader
Aquaculture hatchery workers are active in the production of aquatic organisms in land-based hatchery processes. They assist in the process of raising organisms throughout the early stages of their life cycle and the release of organisms when necessary.
- aquaculture husbandry workerESCO 6221.7This occupation is broader
Aquaculture husbandry workers are active in the production of aquatic organisms in land-based on-growing processes. They assist in the process of raising organisms through all stages of their life cycle.
- cattle pedicureESCO 5164.5This occupation is broader
Cattle pedicures are specialists in taking care of hooves of cattle, in compliance with any regulatory requirements by the national legal authority.
- pig breederESCO 6121.4This occupation is broader
Pig breeders oversee the production and day-to-day care of pigs. They maintain the health and welfare of pigs.
- poultry breederESCO 6122.1This occupation is broader
Poultry breeders oversee the production and day-to-day care of poultry. They maintain the health and welfare of poultry.
- water-based aquaculture workerESCO 9216.4This occupation is broader
Water-based aquaculture workers carry out manual activities in the ongrowing processes of cultured aquatic organisms in water-based suspended systems (floating or submerged structures). They participate in extraction operations and the handling of organisms for commercialisation. Water-based aquaculture workers maintain and clean facilities (nets, mooring ropes, cages)..
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
ESCO reuse terms and the modification notice are in Credits.
France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| A1403 | Aide d'élevage agricole | Same scopeprovisional |
| A1430 | Ouvrier / Ouvrière aquacole | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| A1431 | Ouvrier / Ouvrière piscicole | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| A1408 | Eleveur / Eleveuse d'animaux sauvages | Related, not a match |
| A1419 | Ouvrier agricole polyvalent / Ouvrière agricole polyvalente | Related, not a match |
| A1429 | Apiculteur / Apicultrice | Related, not a match |
| A1409 | Aviculteur / Avicultrice | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| A1410 | Eleveur / Eleveuse d'ovins | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| A1411 | Eleveur / Eleveuse de porcins | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| A1421 | Palefrenier soigneur / Palefrenière soigneuse | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| A1442 | Eleveur / Eleveuse de lapins | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| A1502 | Maréchal-ferrant / Maréchale-ferrante | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: fr-direct v1)
Spain classification links (CNO-11)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 9520 | Peones ganaderos | Same scope |
| 9542 | Peones de la acuicultura | This occupation is broader |
| 6202 | Trabajadores cualificados en actividades ganaderas de ovino y caprino | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| 6203 | Trabajadores cualificados en actividades ganaderas de porcino | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| 6204 | Trabajadores cualificados en apicultura y sericicultura | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| 6205 | Trabajadores cualificados en la avicultura y la cunicultura | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| 6421 | Trabajadores cualificados en la acuicultura | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| 6300 | Trabajadores cualificados en actividades agropecuarias mixtas | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: es-direct v1)
Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 11211 | Berufe in der Nutztierhaltung (außer Geflügelhaltung) - Helfer-/Anlerntätigkeiten | This occupation is broader |
| 11401 | Berufe in der Fischwirtschaft (ohne Spezialisierung) - Helfer-/Anlerntätigkeiten | This occupation is broader |
| 11222 | Berufe in der Geflügelhaltung - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| 11232 | Berufe in der Imkerei - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| 11412 | Berufe in der Fischzucht - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| 11512 | Berufe in der Nutztierpflege - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | This occupation is broaderprovisional |
| 11212 | Berufe in der Nutztierhaltung (außer Geflügelhaltung) - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the same |
| 11302 | Berufe in der Pferdewirtschaft (ohne Spezialisierung) - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| 11402 | Berufe in der Fischwirtschaft (ohne Spezialisierung) - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| 11502 | Berufe in der Tierpflege (ohne Spezialisierung) - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: de-direct v1)
Japan classification links (JSCO)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 462 | 養畜従事者 | This occupation is narrower |
| 484 | 水産養殖従事者 | Related, not a match |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: jp-direct v1)
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