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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Agriculture graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Agriculture majors is $85,509 and the most common occupations are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Other managers, and Veterinarians.
The industry that employs the most Agriculture majors is Farming, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.
Yearly Income for Common Jobs
The average salary for Agriculture majors is $85,509 and the most common occupations are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Other managers, and Veterinarians.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Agriculture majors.
Highest Paying Locations
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Agriculture majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Agriculture majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Most Common
The most common occupations Agriculture majors, by number of employees, are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Other managers, and Veterinarians.
Most Specialized
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Agriculture majors working as Agricultural & food scientists, Veterinarians, and Conservation scientists & foresters.
Highest Paid
The highest paid occupations by median income for Agriculture majors are Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Surgeons, and Physicians.
Occupations by Share
The number of Agriculture graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.02%, from 551,328 in 2021 to 562,484 in 2022.
The largest single share of Agriculture graduates go on to work as Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers (5.05%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Agriculture by share of the total number of graduates.
Most Common
The most common industries that employ Agriculture majors, by number of employees, are Farming, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Elementary & secondary schools.
Highest Paid
The highest paying industries of Agriculture majors, by average wage, are Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, Sporting & athletic goods, & doll, toy & game manufacturing , and Aerospace products & parts manufacturing.
Industries by Share
The number of Agriculture graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.02%, from 551,328 in 2021 to 562,484 in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Agriculture graduates by share is Farming, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Agriculture.
Specialty Locations
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This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Agriculture majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Agriculture majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Diversity
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Agriculture in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Agriculture is 44.
Workforce Age
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Agriculture. The most common ages of employees with this major are 26 and 24 years old, which represent 2.83% and 2.73% of the population, respectively.
Workforce Degrees
The most common degree types held by the working population in Agriculture are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
Global Diversity
- China7,210 degree recipients
- Mexico6,638 degree recipients
- India5,959 degree recipients
- Zimbabwe5.32 times more than expected
- Eastern Africa, Not Specified4.92 times more than expected
- Georgia (country)4.65 times more than expected
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Zimbabwe that hold Agriculture degrees (5.32 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is China (7,210 degree recipients).
Skills
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Plant Sciences field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Plant Sciences majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Plant Sciences majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Plant Sciences majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.