Vocational Programs for Agricultural Workers Career

The average annual wage of the occupations is $37,370 and $18 per hour. 4 vocational programs could be taken for the Agricultural Workers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 363,710 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2025 average tuition over the programs for preparing Agricultural Workers is $30,000. The average length of the programs is 1,440 hours and the average completion time is 9.00 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Agricultural Workers Career

The following 4 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Agricultural Workers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Agricultural Workers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Agricultural Power Machinery Operation	7	-	-	-	-
Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production	51	$26,745	-	-	-
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management	35	$30,000	$3,025	1,440 Hours	9.00 Months
Agricultural and Food Products Processing	17	$31,072	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Agricultural Workers Career

The following 65 occupations are related to Agricultural Workers.

Related Occupations toAgricultural Workers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
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Industrial Production Managers	223K	$125,900	$61
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	6,150	$90,160	$43
Compliance Officers	384K	$80,190	$39
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	22,510	$108,740	$52
Animal Scientists	2,460	$89,450	$43
Food Scientists and Technologists	14,100	$88,350	$42
Soil and Plant Scientists	15,800	$77,080	$37
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	17,100	$75,740	$36
Agricultural Technicians	13,150	$46,810	$23
Food Science Technicians	15,190	$54,000	$26
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	32,390	$57,470	$28
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	122K	$85,570	$41
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	27,270	$64,250	$31
Veterinarians	78,220	$136,300	$66
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	122K	$44,040	$21
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	116K	$37,310	$18
Animal Control Workers	11,600	$48,150	$23
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	930K	$39,790	$19
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	23,520	$44,480	$21
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	50,270	$52,850	$25
Animal Trainers	19,240	$44,910	$22
Animal Caretakers	269K	$33,530	$16
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	51,250	$44,240	$21
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	27,150	$60,790	$29
Agricultural Inspectors	12,660	$52,170	$25
Animal Breeders	1,360	$53,520	$26
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	23,430	$34,880	$17
Agricultural Equipment Operators	28,910	$41,850	$20
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	259K	$36,140	$17
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	32,590	$37,060	$18
Forest and Conservation Workers	5,750	$36,860	$18
Fallers	4,800	$61,190	$29
Log Graders and Scalers	3,640	$47,120	$23
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	43,080	$55,170	$27
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	450K	$62,180	$30
Construction and Building Inspectors	134K	$72,880	$35
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	32,630	$55,500	$27
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	36,830	$52,120	$25
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	413K	$63,690	$31
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	58,040	$58,500	$28
Bakers	220K	$35,550	$17
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	138K	$36,840	$18
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	71,310	$38,710	$19
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	19,570	$42,410	$20
Food Batchmakers	169K	$40,890	$20
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	29,730	$39,770	$19
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	14,520	$45,270	$22
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	12,290	$41,490	$20
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	57,080	$44,610	$21
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	585K	$49,260	$24
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	372K	$41,200	$20
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	15,210	$41,500	$20
Helpers--Production Workers	182K	$38,160	$18
Transportation Inspectors	27,670	$83,920	$40
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	24,660	$42,900	$21
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	779K	$45,720	$22
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,008K	$39,760	$19
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20
Packers and Packagers, Hand	645K	$35,450	$17

Schools offering vocational programs for Agricultural Workers

The following 82 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Agricultural Workers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.