Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; cleaning, grading, sorting, packing and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Exclude 'Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products' (45-2041). Exclude 'Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers' (45-4011 through 45-4029).
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| Area |
Employment** Total |
Hourly Wage | Annual | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Entry | Experienced | Mean | Entry | Experienced | ||
| Missouri | 930 | 8.47 | 6.24 | 9.59 | 17,630 | 12,970 | 19,950 |
| Springfield MSA | 90 | 7.99 | 7.18 | 8.39 | 16,610 | 14,940 | 17,450 |
| St Louis MSA | 290 | 10.27 | 6.85 | 11.98 | 21,350 | 14,250 | 24,910 |
| Central Region* | 160 | 8.49 | 6.21 | 9.63 | 17,660 | 12,915 | 20,033 |
| Northeast Region* | 20 | 9.65 | 7.72 | 10.62 | 20,077 | 16,063 | 22,084 |
| Northwest Region* | 30 | 9.63 | 7.76 | 10.57 | 20,033 | 16,140 | 21,980 |
| Ozark Region* | 100 | 7.98 | 7.20 | 8.36 | 16,593 | 14,984 | 17,398 |
| St. Charles* | 20 | 12.38 | 8.22 | 14.46 | 25,743 | 17,090 | 30,069 |
| Area | Employment ** | Change 2000-2010 |
Annual Avg Openings |
Long-term Outlook |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Estimated | 2010 Projected | Number | Percent | |||
| Missouri | 720 | 850 | 130 | 18.06 | 36 | Good |
| Kansas City MSA | 120 | 140 | 20 | 16.67 | 6 | Good |
| St Louis MSA | 310 | 360 | 50 | 16.13 | 15 | Good |
| Central Region* | 100 | 120 | 20 | 20.00 | 5 | Good |
| Ozark Region* | 80 | 100 | 20 | 25.00 | 5 | Good |
| Southeast Region* | 40 | 50 | 10 | 25.00 | 3 | Caution |
| Southwest Region* | 40 | 40 | .00 | 1 | Caution | |
* - Workforce Investment Areas
** - Why are the employment levels different for the same occupation?