AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 45-2041.00
Will AI replace Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products?
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products: AI can already handle 1 of 5 tasks; most of the work is hands-on, and the part AI can address mostly needs an efficient-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 5 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products, from most to least exposed. 1 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell, and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Discard inferior or defective products or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Record grade or identification numbers on tags or on shipping, receiving, or sales sheets. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 5 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 5 of 5. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 20% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 20% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 80% is hands-on.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 25,180
- Median annual wage
- $35,730
- Middle half of earners
- $34,320 to $38,260
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- -5.4%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Agricultural Inspectors 72% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure42
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 67% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure36
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 66% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure39
- Log Graders and Scalers 65% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure26
- Agricultural Equipment Operators 61% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure23
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products and AI
Will AI replace Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products?
AI already handles 1 of the 5 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 30 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by -5.4% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products?
30 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 0 of the 5 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 5 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell, and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. It is the only task that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 20% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 80% is hands-on work that no model tier covers. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products, and what do they earn?
25,180 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $35,730 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of -5.4% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/graders-and-sorters-agricultural-products
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