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	61,633 Very large	&	3.5%	2.7%	>>>>	6,688 Very High
Champaign Area	3,849 Very large	&	6.5%	1.9%	>>>>	435 Very High
Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area	6,206 Very large	&	0.7%	-1.2%	>>>>	646 Very High
Cook County	4,854 Large	&	4.5%	3.0%	>>>>	534 High
Decatur Area	1,457 Very large	&	0.5%	0.1%	>>>>	152 Very High
DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area	707 Large	&	6.8%	4.0%	>>>>	80 Moderate
Du Page County	950 Large	&	4.5%	3.7%	>>>>	104 Moderate
Edwardsville Area	2,376 Very large	&	7.3%	4.4%	>>>>	271 Very High
Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area	1,851 Very large	&	0.0%	-2.2%	>>>>	191 Very High
Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area	568 Very large	&	1.6%	-0.1%	>>>>	60 Moderate
Lake County	662 Large	&	4.5%	2.6%	>>>>	73 Moderate
McHenry County	317 Large	&	9.5%	6.1%	>>>>	37 Few
Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area	3,088 Very large	&	2.5%	0.2%	>>>>	330 Very High
Northwest Illinois Area	4,815 Very large	&	11.8%	5.1%	>>>>	583 Very High
Peoria-Bloomington Area	7,626 Very large	&	4.3%	1.3%	>>>>	835 Very High
Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area	5,190 Very large	&	-1.0%	-1.6%	>>>>	528 Very High
Rock Island-Moline Area	3,845 Very large	&	3.0%	1.8%	>>>>	415 Very High
Rockford Area	3,359 Very large	&	4.1%	2.4%	>>>>	368 Very High
Shawnee National Forest Area	1,885 Very large	&	1.3%	-0.3%	>>>>	198 Very High
Springfield Area	3,668 Very large	&	2.2%	-0.8%	>>>>	391 Very High
St Louis-Belleville Area	2,899 Very large	&	1.1%	0.2%	>>>>	304 Very High
Vermilion County	821 Very large	&	-5.4%	-5.1%	>>>>	79 Very High
Will County	664 Large	&	8.3%	5.4%	>>>>	77 Moderate
United States	836,100 Very large	&	-1.3%	3.1%	>>>>	85,500 Very High