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Precision Agriculture Technicians Career, Salary and Skills

Precision Agriculture Technicians have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $49,630 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 15,130. Wage data is published for 88 locations.

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Occupation description

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

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

National salary and employment

Median annual

$49,630

Hourly median

$23.86

Employment

15,130

Data year

2025

National salary distribution

$35,980
10th
$40,950
25th
$49,630
Median
$63,630
75th
$76,480
90th

Top skills

SkillImportanceLevel
Reading Comprehension3.884.00
Speaking3.753.50
Critical Thinking3.753.62
Active Listening3.753.88
Writing3.503.50
Complex Problem Solving3.383.25
Active Learning3.383.75
Mathematics3.253.25
Monitoring3.253.50
Judgment and Decision Making3.253.50
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Typical tasks

  • 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.
  • Document and maintain records of precision agriculture information.
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Technology

  • Ag Leader Technology SMS Advanced
  • AGCO GTA Software Suite
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • ESRI ArcPad
  • ESRI ArcView
  • Farm Works Site Pro
  • GeoAgro GIS
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • Global positioning system GPS software
  • John Deere Apex Farm Management
  • MapShots EASi Suite
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
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Precision Agriculture Technicians salary by location

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.