Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters

The table below provides information about the number of workers in this occupation in various regions. It also provides information about the expected growth rate and future job openings.

Employment

Major employers:

Grocery stores
Wholesale grocery sales companies
Agricultural and food products companies

Outlook

Demand for agricultural products graders and sorters will show little to no growth over the next few years. More grading and sorting jobs can be done by machines. In addition, an increasing amount of agricultural products are imported from other countries. These items are graded and sorted before they are shipped here. These factors will lead to fewer new jobs in this occupation.

Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters (CIS 100009)

Location	Employment	&	Growth		>>>>	Annual openings
			This occupation	All occupations
Illinois	1,585 Small	&	-0.4%	5.8%	>>>>	210 Few
Champaign Area	40 Small	&	2.5%	7.0%	>>>>	6 Few
Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area	46 Small	&	2.2%	5.0%	>>>>	6 Few
Cook County	621 Small	&	-0.6%	5.6%	>>>>	83 Few
Decatur Area	29 Small	&	3.4%	7.0%	>>>>	4 Few
DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area	71 Small	&	1.4%	9.7%	>>>>	10 Few
Du Page County	118 Small	&	1.7%	5.4%	>>>>	16 Few
Edwardsville Area	26 Small	&	-3.8%	5.1%	>>>>	3 Very few
Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area	14 Small	&	0.0%	7.0%	>>>>	2 Very few
Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area	21 Small	&	0.0%	5.2%	>>>>	3 Few
Lake County	66 Small	&	-1.5%	8.6%	>>>>	9 Few
McHenry County	29 Small	&	3.4%	6.8%	>>>>	4 Few
Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area	24 Small	&	0.0%	6.8%	>>>>	3 Few
Northwest Illinois Area	63 Medium	&	-1.6%	3.6%	>>>>	8 Moderate
Peoria-Bloomington Area	83 Small	&	1.2%	7.3%	>>>>	11 Few
Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area	59 Medium	&	0.0%	4.3%	>>>>	8 Moderate
Rock Island-Moline Area	35 Small	&	-2.9%	5.7%	>>>>	4 Few
Rockford Area	50 Small	&	0.0%	7.6%	>>>>	7 Few
Shawnee National Forest Area	24 Small	&	4.2%	2.4%	>>>>	3 Few
Springfield Area	46 Small	&	0.0%	4.7%	>>>>	6 Few
St Louis-Belleville Area	46 Small	&	0.0%	6.4%	>>>>	6 Few
Vermilion County	14 Small	&	0.0%	4.9%	>>>>	2 Very few
Will County	54 Small	&	-1.9%	9.1%	>>>>	7 Few
United States	38,300 Small	&	0.0%	3.7%	>>>>	5,000 Few