Farm and Home Management Educators
What Farm and Home Management Educators Do
Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.
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Career Outlook
National employment outlook, 2024–2034.
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- None
- Self-employed
- 0.7%
Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.
How Much Preparation Does This Take?
Job Zone 5 of 5Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Experience
- Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
- Job training
- Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Source: O*NET Job Zones.
Key Knowledge Areas
Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.
- Education and Trainingimportance 4.2/5
- English Languageimportance 3.9/5
- Food Productionimportance 3.9/5
- Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.8/5
- Biologyimportance 3.7/5
- Communications and Mediaimportance 3.5/5
- Administration and Managementimportance 3.3/5
- Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.2/5
Work Environment
What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.
- E-Mail5.0/5
- Telephone Conversations4.8/5
- Freedom to Make Decisions4.7/5
- Deal With External Customers or the Public in General4.7/5
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.7/5
- Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.6/5
Careers With Similar Skills
Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.
- Fire Inspectors and Investigators98% skill match
- Conservation Scientists97% skill match
- Chiropractors96% skill match
- Social and Community Service Managers96% skill match
- Residential Advisors96% skill match
- Emergency Medicine Physicians96% skill match
- Emergency Management Directors96% skill match
- Health Education Specialists96% skill match
Transferable Skills
Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.
- Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.9/5
- Instructingimportance 3.9/5
- Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.9/5
- Coordinationimportance 3.8/5
- Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.8/5
- Service Orientationimportance 3.6/5
- Systems Analysisimportance 3.6/5
- Systems Evaluationimportance 3.6/5
Software & Technologies
Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.
Hot Technologies
Other Software Used
- Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Image editing software
- Kahoot!
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Order management software
- Web browser software
Work Style
Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.
- Dependability
- Social Orientation
- Cooperation
- Leadership Orientation
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Integrity
- Sincerity
Career Interests
This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.
- SocialMedium
- InvestigativeMedium
- RealisticMedium
- EnterprisingMedium
- ConventionalMedium
- ArtisticLow
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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated
Metro areas where farm and home management educators make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).
- 1Ames, IA33.67× national avg
- 2Madison, WI30.67× national avg
- 3Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA29.49× national avg
- 4Raleigh-Cary, NC18.27× national avg
- 5Ponce, PR13.88× national avg
Possible Career Moves
A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.
- Health Education SpecialistsCareer Change
- Conservation ScientistsCareer Change
- ChiropractorsCareer Change
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except GamblingCareer Change
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Related Education Programs
Schools that offer related fields of study, based on the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk — not a guarantee that graduates enter this specific career.
Dairy Science
- Texas A&M University-College Station (College Station, TX)grads earn ~$57,324
- University of California-Davis (Davis, CA)grads earn ~$48,441
- Iowa State University (Ames, IA)grads earn ~$51,644
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh (Raleigh, NC)grads earn ~$53,226
- Oklahoma State University-Main Campus (Stillwater, OK)grads earn ~$53,971
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management
- Texas A&M University-College Station (College Station, TX)grads earn ~$77,479
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)grads earn ~$86,646
- Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)grads earn ~$145,218
- Iowa State University (Ames, IA)grads earn ~$67,529
- Oklahoma State University-Main Campus (Stillwater, OK)grads earn ~$60,830