Agricultural inspectors

The median annual salary for Agricultural inspectors in the US is $50,990.

The role is showing modest growth of 2% over the next decade. Current US employment is approximately 14,700 workers.

The typical entry education is a Bachelor's degree. Building a foundation in the top skills below will strengthen your application.

The most in-demand skills for this role include health, safety and hygiene legislation, environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry, agronomical production principles, sustainable agricultural production principles, pollution prevention, incidents and accidents recording. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives Agricultural inspectors a score of 0.52 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

Agricultural inspectors has moderate barrier to entry — moderately gated — a bachelor's degree or equivalent training is typically required.