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AI exposure Farming, fishing and forestry

Will AI replace agricultural equipment operators?

Agricultural Equipment Operators. US occupation 45-2091.

0.0%

of the time agricultural equipment operators spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of agricultural equipment operators' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 346 of 756 US occupations. No AI use seen in the work yet, along with 410 other occupations.No handover started yet, along with 410 other occupations.

Average US job 7.7%

Among the least exposed jobs there are.Still waiting for liberation.

What AI already does for agricultural equipment operatorsWhat agricultural equipment operators no longer do alone

O*NET lists 17 tasks for agricultural equipment operators. None of them shows meaningful AI use at work yet.

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

17 of the 17 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.Core task
  • Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.Core task
  • Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.Core task
  • Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.Core task
  • Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.Core task
  • Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.Core task
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  • Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.Core task
  • Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.Core task
  • Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
  • Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
  • Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products.
  • Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.
  • Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
  • Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
  • Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers.
  • Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
  • Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.

How that compares

Among the 11 farming, fishing and forestry occupations, agricultural equipment operators rank 2. The group averages 0.2%, and its most exposed job is Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse at 2.0%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

All 756 occupations, ranked

Level with 0.0%

  1. 346Administrative Services Managers 0.0%
  2. 346Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 0.0%
  3. 346Agricultural Engineers 0.0%

What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.