Farm and Home Management Educators
Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.
8,220 people do this job in the US. $60,220 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 54%
- 11%
- 35%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 13%. Today's estimate: 17%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 15 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organize, advise, and participate in community activities and organizations, such as county and state fair events and 4-H Clubs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 23% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | Stays with people | |
| Conduct agricultural research, analyze data, and prepare research reports.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 12% | 4.2 work days1.7 work days to 3.5 work weeks | 0%Half by Nov 2028 | |
| Prepare and distribute leaflets, pamphlets, and visual aids for educational and informational purposes.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 11% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Collaborate with producers to diagnose and prevent management and production problems.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 11% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Act as an advocate for farmers or farmers' groups.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Collect and evaluate data to determine community program needs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 4%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| Maintain records of services provided and the effects of advice given.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | 95%Half by now | |
| Research information requested by farmers.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | 95%Half by now | |
| Schedule and make regular visits to farmers.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Advise farmers and demonstrate techniques in areas such as feeding and health maintenance of livestock, growing and harvesting practices, and financial planning.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.3 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide direct assistance to farmers by performing activities such as purchasing or selling products and supplies, supervising properties, and collecting soil and herbage samples for testing.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Conduct field demonstrations of new products, techniques, or services.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 2% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1 work day | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
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