TOP HOT JOBS IN AGRICULTURE
Without a doubt, the agricultural workforce is changing dramatically as competition drives the scale of farming to levels where the farmer depends on workers beyond the farm family to get things done. The higher level and increasing complexity of technology also mean that the agriculture producer now relies on a network of technical contractors to consult on everything from keeping nutrients out of the water supply to generating electricity to sell to the energy market.
Our list of Top Hot Jobs in Agriculture uses projections that not only use information on growth and decline of these Gold Collar occupations but also include data about the need to replace people in these jobs who will be retiring over the next ten years. To see a worksheet with the data for these jobs, click here.
- Farm, Ranch, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Farmers and Ranchers
- Environmental Scientists
- Agricultural and Food Science Technicians
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians
- Veterinarians
- Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Agricultural Inspectors
- Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
- Agricultural Equipment Operators
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
- Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals
- Agricultural Workers, All Other
- Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
- Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- Packers and Packagers, Hand
