Agricultural Equipment Operators

Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. May perform tasks, such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks, such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, CA

$73,053

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Sam Houston State University, TX

$63,369

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Iowa State University, IA

$63,321

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Kansas State University, KS

$63,239

Agricultural Mechanization(associates)North Dakota State College of Science, ND

$62,531

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

$59,052

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)University of Wisconsin-River Falls, WI

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)University of Idaho, ID

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Washington State University, WA

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill, NY

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Texas A&M University-College Station, TX

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Texas State University, TX

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)University of Minnesota-Crookston, MN

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Tarleton State University, TX

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Montana State University-Northern, MT

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)North Carolina State University at Raleigh, NC

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Oklahoma State University-Main Campus, OK

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Ohio State University-Main Campus, OH

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Stephen F Austin State University, TX

$58,929

Agricultural Mechanization(bachelors)Purdue University-Main Campus, IN

$58,806

Agricultural Mechanization(certificate)Northeast Iowa Community College, IA

$56,331

Agricultural Mechanization(associates)Fort Scott Community College, KS

$56,322

Agricultural Mechanization(associates)Mitchell Technical College, SD

$55,301

Agricultural Mechanization(associates)Kirkwood Community College, IA

$54,829

Agricultural Mechanization(associates)Hawkeye Community College, IA

$54,139