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Also called agricultural produce sorter, apple sorter, bean sorter and camelid fiber sorter.
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Agricultural Products Grader and Sorter
Graders and sorters of agricultural products grade, sort, and classify unprocessed food by size, weight, color, and condition, ensuring only acceptable products are placed in containers. They also record grades and identification numbers for shipping
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Sorted agricultural products by size and quality, reducing waste by removing bad items before packaging for shipment
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Weighed products accurately or estimated weight by feel, maintaining consistency in grading
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Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition.
What it pays
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
| 25th percentile | $34,320 |
|---|---|
| Median | $35,730 |
| 75th percentile | $38,260 |
| State | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | $32,720 | $35,390 | $35,950 |
| AR | $33,640 | $35,310 | $36,780 |
| AZ | $30,770 | $31,700 | $38,560 |
| CA | $34,870 | $36,330 | $37,790 |
| CO | $34,300 | $48,740 | $52,790 |
| FL | $27,040 | $27,470 | $29,640 |
| GA | $32,970 | $35,450 | $37,540 |
| IA | $41,460 | $42,450 | $49,200 |
| ID | $25,150 | $27,680 | $39,830 |
| IL | $37,390 | $41,670 | $45,780 |
| KS | $24,860 | $38,170 | $48,820 |
| KY | $30,840 | $37,300 | $37,330 |
| LA | $28,300 | $36,090 | $36,870 |
| MA | $34,110 | $41,770 | $41,960 |
| MD | $35,000 | $41,740 | $60,460 |
| ME | $40,420 | $45,810 | $45,860 |
| MI | $34,910 | $39,180 | $47,210 |
| MN | $47,440 | $47,540 | $48,260 |
| MO | $33,990 | $35,800 | $38,690 |
| MS | $15,950 | $30,140 | $31,550 |
| NC | $33,960 | $34,720 | $35,840 |
| ND | $38,710 | $45,590 | $47,840 |
| NE | $43,430 | $45,560 | $54,960 |
| NJ | $33,330 | $37,880 | $38,910 |
| NM | $27,320 | $30,480 | $31,880 |
| OH | $28,490 | $38,500 | $40,730 |
| OK | $34,700 | $34,700 | $37,320 |
| OR | $30,020 | $34,660 | $37,170 |
| PA | $35,760 | $38,430 | $39,450 |
| SC | $32,640 | $34,510 | $36,820 |
| SD | $37,490 | $39,900 | $47,860 |
| TN | $36,090 | $36,880 | $40,340 |
| TX | $34,460 | $36,090 | $38,260 |
| UT | $42,710 | $42,710 | $44,030 |
| VA | $34,600 | $34,860 | $37,650 |
| WA | $34,650 | $34,950 | $35,770 |
| WI | $23,780 | $33,250 | $43,270 |
Other names
agricultural produce sorter, apple sorter, bean sorter, camelid fiber sorter, cherry sorter, clam sorter, egg sorter, fish liver sorter, fruit sorter, leaf sorter, nut sorter, oyster sorter.
potato sorter, produce sorter, seed sorter, sorter, spud sorter, strawberry sorter, tobacco sorter, vegetable sorter, wool fleece sorter, wool sorter, graders and sorters agricultural products, agricultural establishment grader inspector, agriculture laborer, apple turner, asparagus buncher, banana expert, banana grader, bulb grader, butter grader, carrot buncher, carrot tier, casing grader, celery cutter, celery packer, celery stripper, celery tier, celery wrapper, cheese grader, cheese packer, chick grader, chick sexer, chicken sexer, citrus fruit packer, coffee sampler, coffee taster, coffee weigher, coloring room man, coloring room worker, corn lab technician, cotton classer, cotton classer aide, cotton expert, cotton grader, cotton seed culler, distribution technician, egg candler, egg grader, egg tester.
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What you have not done yet. Measuring forestry characteristics, Sorting forestry or agricultural materials, Recording inventory data
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This page is about the occupation Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.