Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products

Most exposed tasks

No task is classified fully automatable in this release. The highest-exposure task relative to this role is shown in the free snapshot above; the assistive work is detailed next.

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Record grade or identification numbers on tags or on shipping, receiving, or sales sheets.65

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Discard inferior or defective products or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing.20
• Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers.25
• Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel.25

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 33 puts Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 0 of 5 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 1 augmentable, and 4 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $35,730median wage
• 25,180employed
• 5,100annual openings
• -5.4%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Food Batchmakers 26
• Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 19
• Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 28
• Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 20
• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 25
• Agricultural Inspectors 30

How this score was calculated

FAQ — Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products

Will AI replace Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 33 mean for a Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products?

It means that, weighted across the 5 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 33 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

This role has no strongly automatable task in the current data release.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Discard inferior or defective products or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing; Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers; Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.