Farm and Ranch Managers - Employment & Outlook

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

Employment

Major employers:

Privately owned farms
Large commercial farms

Outlook

Demand for this career is expected to decline. Farms are consolidating and technology allows farmers to produce larger crops and land suitable for farming is expensive. However, this is a very large career and many new job openings will occur.

Farm and Ranch Managers (CIS 100077)

Location	Employment	&	Growth		>>>>	Annual openings
			This occupation	All occupations
Illinois	57,006 Very large	&	1.8%	8.2%	>>>>	5,653 Very High
Champaign Area	3,953 Very large	&	1.9%	5.2%	>>>>	392 Very High
Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area	5,426 Very large	&	1.8%	2.9%	>>>>	538 Very High
Cook County	800 Small	&	3.3%	9.2%	>>>>	81 Few
Decatur Area	404 Very large	&	1.5%	3.8%	>>>>	40 Moderate
DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area	3,236 Very large	&	1.9%	10.3%	>>>>	322 Very High
Du Page County	301 Small	&	1.7%	8.8%	>>>>	29 Very few
Edwardsville Area	1,407 Very large	&	2.0%	12.4%	>>>>	140 High
Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area	3,409 Very large	&	1.8%	-0.2%	>>>>	338 Very High
Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area	785 Very large	&	1.3%	6.0%	>>>>	78 High
Lake County	714 Large	&	2.7%	11.7%	>>>>	72 Moderate
McHenry County	1,823 Very large	&	1.9%	7.6%	>>>>	181 Very High
Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area	1,733 Very large	&	1.9%	4.4%	>>>>	172 Very High
Northwest Illinois Area	5,981 Very large	&	1.6%	4.3%	>>>>	592 Very High
Peoria-Bloomington Area	6,550 Very large	&	1.7%	4.5%	>>>>	649 Very High
Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area	5,475 Very large	&	1.7%	3.5%	>>>>	543 Very High
Rock Island-Moline Area	1,542 Very large	&	2.3%	5.6%	>>>>	154 Very High
Rockford Area	2,943 Very large	&	2.0%	6.6%	>>>>	292 Very High
Shawnee National Forest Area	3,375 Very large	&	1.8%	1.1%	>>>>	334 Very High
Springfield Area	2,496 Very large	&	2.1%	4.6%	>>>>	249 Very High
St Louis-Belleville Area	2,961 Very large	&	1.8%	0.9%	>>>>	293 Very High
Vermilion County	921 Very large	&	1.4%	-0.5%	>>>>	90 Very High
Will County	833 Large	&	2.2%	14.9%	>>>>	83 Moderate
United States	922,900 Very large	&	-4.6%	2.8%	>>>>	88,800 Very High