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Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations
Across the 7 of this group's 13 occupations with published Colorado employment, 5,050 Coloradans work in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (6 more occupations have no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 9.5 of 100, and 0.0% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse; Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals; First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers — the largest of this group's 13 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 5,050 across 7 of 13 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 9.5 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 0.0% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $37,290–$66,030 range across the 8 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 13 occupations — and its 5,050 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| substantial overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| some overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| little overlap | 13 | 5,050 | 100.0% |
Plate II
The seven largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | little overlap | 7.1 | 2,450 | $38,170 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | little overlap | 7.8 | 1,270 | $39,740 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | little overlap | 15.8 | 640 | $66,030 |
| Agricultural Inspectors | little overlap | 29.2 | 280 | $50,430 |
| Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | little overlap | 5.0 | 230 | $48,740 |
| Forest and Conservation Workers | little overlap | 6.5 | 110 | $37,690 |
| Logging Equipment Operators | little overlap | 6.2 | 70 | $49,620 |
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips | 15.8% | 283 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Saguache | 12.9% | 216 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Rio Grande | 12.2% | 537 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Yuma | 12.0% | 487 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Costilla | 9.4% | 87 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Sedgwick | 7.2% | 51 | Partially imputed estimate |