Jobs / Management and business operations / 13-1074.00

Farm Labor Contractors

Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.

US jobs
310
Median wage
$58,460 a year
Job family
Management and business operations

Can agents do the work of farm labor contractors?

We read the evidence for the whole job family, Management and business operations: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)

Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.

Evidence: SOP-Bench, 72.4% of tasks completed.

0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.

  • 30%Distribute materials, supplies, or resourcesNot measured
  • 30%Supervise personnel activitiesNot measured
  • 13%Execute financial transactionsNot measured
  • 11%Direct organizational operations, activities, or proceduresNot measured
  • 8%Manage human resources activitiesNot measured
  • 8%Perform recruiting or hiring activitiesNot measured

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.

Direct evidence

Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.

  • AutomationBenchby ZapierTask level · Pass rate (task_completed_correctly)
    51.3%Gemini 4 Argon (High) · 30 Sep 2026
    Emerging
  • SOP-Benchby AmazonTask level · Task success rate
    72.4%Claude 4 Opus (ReAct agent) · 23 Feb 2026
    Strong
  • Vending-Bench 2by Andon LabsProject level · Final bank balance
    $15,515GPT-6 Astra · 7 Sep 2026
    Unrated

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

Context only

These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
  • Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
  • Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
  • Supervise the work of contracted employees.
  • Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
  • Furnish tools for employee use.
  • Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.
Other job titles for this occupation (6)

Farm Contractor · Farm Sanitation Employee · Field Contractor · Field Crop Harvest Contractor · Harvest Contractor · Harvesting Contractor