Agricultural Engineering Overview - Preparation - Day In The Life - Earnings - Employment - Career Path Forecast - Professional Organizations

Employment
Agricultural engineers held about 1,700 jobs in 2019 in the United States.

Agricultural engineers work in a variety of industries. About 20% work for the federal government, 12% for colleges and universities, 9 % for management, scientific, and technical consulting service companies, and 6% for engineering servie companies.

The following is a partial list of employers of agricultural engineers:

Corporations 3M Worldwide Abbott Laboratories AGCO Corporation Anheuser-Busch Companies Archer Daniels Midland Company BASF Black & Veatch Blount International, Inc. Bobcat Briggs & Stratton Campbell Soup Company Cargill Foods Case IH Caterpillar, Inc. CH2M Hill ConAgra Foods, Inc. Cummins Engine Company Dole Dow Chemical Company DuPont Fleetguard, Inc. FMC Corporation Ford Motor Company General Mills, Inc. Good Year Tire & Rubber Company Heinz Hormel Foods Corporation Hyster Company ICI Group JMLord, Incorporated John Deere Kraft Foods M & M Mars Monsanto National Wildlife Federation New Holland Owens Corning Pioneer Hi-Bred International. Inc. Proctor and Gamble Purina Mills Sunkist Toro Tyson Foods Vermeer Manufacturing Company

U.S. Federal Government and State and Local Affiliates Department of Agriculture Department of Energy Department of Defense Environmental Protection Agency Federal Emergency Management Agency NASA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Natural Resources Conservation Service US Army Corps of Engineers US Navy Other Employers Consulting Firms Colleges and Universities Peace Corps Professional Associations The World Bank

Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.