Vineyard worker
Also called grape picker, winery worker, grape harvester
Vineyard workers carry out manual activities related to cultivation, propagation of grape varieties and the production and/or packaging of wines.
What you'd do
Crop farm labourers · ILO- Digging and shovelling to clear ditches or for other purposes
- Loading and unloading supplies, produce and other materials
- Raking, pitching and stacking straw, hay and similar material
- Watering, thinning, and weeding crops by hand or using hand tools
- Picking fruit, nuts, vegetables and other crops
- Planting and harvesting field crops, such as rice, by hand
- Grading, sorting, bunching and packing produce into containers
- Performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings, equipment and fences
- Mostly outdoors
- A mix of sitting and standing
- Some contact with people
- Some freedom to decide
- Often more than 40 hours a week
- Deadlines most weeks
- Varied tasks, little repetition
Will there be jobs?
Yes, good prospects12 EU countries are short of crop farm labourers now, but fewer jobs than in most work will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
Below averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €700 a month (Bulgaria) to €3,800 (Denmark), before tax.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.
Among elementary occupations in the EU, women earn 9% less per hour than men. Elementary occupations · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Basic schoolingMost people start with basic schooling and learn on the job.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.
Will AI change it?
Very littleAI could help with only small parts of the tasks.
Average task score 0.09 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 8 tasks
Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for crop farm labourers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).