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Precision Agriculture Technicians — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$49,630
United States, 2025
Employment
15,130
United States, 2025
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Apply geospatial technologies, including geographic information systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS), to agricultural production or management activities, such as pest scouting, site-specific pesticide application, yield mapping, or variable-rate irrigation. May use computers to develop or analyze maps or remote sensing images to compare physical topography with data on soils, fertilizer, pests, or weather.
- O*NET code
- 19-4012.01
- Job zone
- 3
- Experience required
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Typical tasks
- Document and maintain records of precision agriculture information.
- Collect information about soil or field attributes, yield data, or field boundaries, using field data recorders and basic geographic information systems (GIS).
- Use geospatial technology to develop soil sampling grids or identify sampling sites for testing characteristics such as nitrogen, phosphorus, or potassium content, pH, or micronutrients.
- Divide agricultural fields into georeferenced zones, based on soil characteristics and production potentials.
- Install, calibrate, or maintain sensors, mechanical controls, GPS-based vehicle guidance systems, or computer settings.
- Create, layer, and analyze maps showing precision agricultural data, such as crop yields, soil characteristics, input applications, terrain, drainage patterns, or field management history.
- Compare crop yield maps with maps of soil test data, chemical application patterns, or other information to develop site-specific crop management plans.
- Analyze geospatial data to determine agricultural implications of factors such as soil quality, terrain, field productivity, fertilizers, or weather conditions.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$35,980
25th percentile
$40,950
75th percentile
$63,630
90th percentile
$76,480
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension3.9
- Active Listening3.8
- Critical Thinking3.8
- Speaking3.8
- Writing3.5
- Active Learning3.4
- Complex Problem Solving3.4
- Mathematics3.3
- Monitoring3.3
- Judgment and Decision Making3.3
- Systems Evaluation3.1
- Systems Analysis3.1
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
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 15 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
15
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Listening | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.8 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Speaking | 3.8 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Active Learning | 3.4 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Writing | 3.5 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Monitoring | 3.3 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.3 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Mathematics | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.1 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.1 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Precision Agriculture TechniciansHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa, CA | $66,540 | 30 | 2025 |
| Des Moines, IA | $65,300 | — | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $65,280 | — | 2025 |
| Lansing, MI | $64,790 | 120 | 2025 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $64,750 | — | 2025 |
| IA | $64,070 | — | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $63,630 | 500 | 2025 |
| WY | $63,120 | 30 | 2025 |
| Champaign, IL | $63,080 | 70 | 2025 |
| AZ | $62,990 | — | 2025 |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | $62,900 | 60 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $62,680 | 460 | 2025 |
| CA | $60,320 | 2,420 | 2025 |
| KY | $59,860 | 210 | 2025 |
| Iowa City, IA | $59,820 | 70 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $58,730 | 140 | 2025 |
| Napa, CA | $58,340 | 40 | 2025 |
| MN | $57,310 | 530 | 2025 |
| Atlanta, GA | $54,380 | 350 | 2025 |
| NJ | $54,370 | — | 2025 |
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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.