Will Robots Replace Dairy Farm Worker?

Dairy Farm Worker has a Robot Impact Score of 69 out of 100 on the Geppetto Jobs Index, placing it in the High impact band. 27 commercial robots currently target this work, and the displacement timeline is near term. This is a category-level research estimate describing automation exposure for the occupation, not a prediction about any individual person's job.

Automation impact breakdown

Composite impact score69/100
Risk band (OECD)High
Oxford (Frey & Osborne) score75/100
IFR deployment score6/10
TimelineNear Term
Impact typePartial Displacement
SectorAgriculture
Median annual salary (US)$37,630 (BLS OES 2024)
Current global employment540,000
O*NET code45-2093.00
Robots tracked for this role27

How this score is calculated

The composite Robot Impact Score weights O*NET task data (35%), IFR robot deployment figures (30%), Oxford and OECD academic estimates (20%), and robot density for the role (15%). Scores describe occupation-level exposure and are estimates, not forecasts.