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Farm and Home Management Educators — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$60,220

United States, 2025

Employment

8,220

United States, 2025

Typical education

Master's Degree

Job Zone 5

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.

O*NET code
25-9021.00
Job zone
5
Experience required
None

Typical tasks

  • Set and monitor production targets.
  • Advise farmers and demonstrate techniques in areas such as feeding and health maintenance of livestock, growing and harvesting practices, and financial planning.
  • Conduct classes or deliver lectures on subjects such as nutrition, home management, and farming techniques.
  • Collaborate with producers to diagnose and prevent management and production problems.
  • Research information requested by farmers.
  • Collect and evaluate data to determine community program needs.
  • Act as an advocate for farmers or farmers' groups.
  • Conduct field demonstrations of new products, techniques, or services.

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Salary analysis — United States

$37,650
10th
$46,990
25th
$60,220
Median
$73,130
75th
$85,060
90th

10th percentile

$37,650

25th percentile

$46,990

75th percentile

$73,130

90th percentile

$85,060

Most important skills

  • Active Listening4.4
  • Speaking4.1
  • Reading Comprehension4.0
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.9
  • Writing3.9
  • Social Perceptiveness3.9
  • Instructing3.9
  • Active Learning3.8
  • Learning Strategies3.8
  • Coordination3.8
  • Complex Problem Solving3.8
  • Critical Thinking3.8

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 20 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

20

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension4.04.8Not selected4.8
Active Listening4.44.1Not selected4.1
Speaking4.14.3Not selected4.3
Active Learning3.84.5Not selected4.5
Writing3.94.3Not selected4.3
Judgment and Decision Making3.94.0Not selected4.0
Social Perceptiveness3.94.0Not selected4.0
Learning Strategies3.84.1Not selected4.1
Instructing3.93.9Not selected3.9
Complex Problem Solving3.84.0Not selected4.0
Coordination3.83.9Not selected3.9
Critical Thinking3.83.9Not selected3.9
Systems Evaluation3.64.0Not selected4.0
Systems Analysis3.63.9Not selected3.9
Service Orientation3.63.9Not selected3.9
Persuasion3.53.9Not selected3.9
Monitoring3.44.0Not selected4.0
Time Management3.43.3Not selected3.3
Mathematics3.03.5Not selected3.5
Negotiation3.13.3Not selected3.3

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
CA$98,770402025
OR$80,0302025
Washington, DC$79,7802302025
MD$79,7801502025
Richmond, VA$78,900402025
Virginia Beach, VA$77,870402025
VA$76,7105202025
AZ$73,210302025
MA$66,920402025
CO$66,230902025
ME$65,780702025
IN$65,7403602025
MI$65,0303302025
Raleigh, NC$64,2807202025
NC$64,2809102025
ND$63,480902025
WA$63,4402025
Philadelphia, PA$63,300702025
DE$63,300802025
VT$62,830502025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.