• Agricultural Equipment Operators
  • Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
  • Annual Median Wage
    $ 35,489
    $22,386 range bar $52,890
    Annual NC Wage Range
    Growth Rate
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    Fast Growing
  • Agricultural Equipment Operators drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops.

What do they typically do

  • Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment
  • Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions
  • Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks
  • Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery
  • Direct and check the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities
  • Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps
  • Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery
  • Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions

Number of Jobs

Average Annual
Job Growth +1.3%
Job Openings 8

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