Occupational Employment Statistics
45-2091 Agricultural Equipment Operators
Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. May perform tasks, such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks, such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.
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Southeast Minnesota
| 150 | 60 | $18.25/hr | $14.22/hr | $15.96/hr | $18.03/hr | $20.90/hr | $23.48/hr |
| Natural Resources and Mining | 350 | $17.81/hr |
| Manufacturing | N/A | N/A |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 400 | $18.19/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
| Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
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Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
| 730 | $12.81/hr | 8.8% |
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Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,200 | $19.10/hr | 6.4% |
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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
| 10,240 | $33.03/hr | 8.9% |
- Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
- Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
- Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
- Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
- Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
- Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
- Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
- Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
- Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
- Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.