Also called: Farmworkers, Ranch and Aquacultural Animals
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals build judgment and decision making, operations monitoring and operation and control skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers (82%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 82% | $38,300 | +4% | None |
| 2 | Slaughterers and Meat Packers | 79% | $40,130 | +9% | None |
| 3 | Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation | 76% | $46,340 | +26% | None |
| 4 | Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 76% | $51,610 | +41% | None |
| 5 | Machine Feeders and Offbearers | 76% | $41,220 | +12% | None |
| 6 | Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 76% | $48,540 | +32% | None |
| 7 | Helpers--Production Workers | 75% | $39,070 | +7% | None |
| 8 | Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders | 75% | $44,810 | +22% | None |
| 9 | Fallers | 74% | $52,100 | +42% | None |
| 10 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 74% | $40,240 | +10% | None |
Compared with Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals, median $36,670. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
82% skill match · $38,300 · +4% pay
Service Orientation · Social Perceptiveness
79% skill match · $40,130 · +9% pay
76% skill match · $46,340 · +26% pay
Social Perceptiveness
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers (82% skill match, median $38,300), Slaughterers and Meat Packers (79% skill match, median $40,130) and Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation (76% skill match, median $46,340), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 24 pay more than farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals at the median. The biggest increases: Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers (+65%, $60,600), Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators (+63%, $59,850) and Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders (+61%, $58,870).
24 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.