Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Salary in the US
A pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation earns a national median of $46,340 a year (mean $47,070) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #636 of 825.
How much does a pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation earn in the US?
A pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in the United States earns a median of $46,340 a year (mean $47,070), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 9% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 27,050 people work in this occupation (SOC 37-3012), ranked #636 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$46,340
per year
Mean
$47,070
per year
Employment
27,050
US workers
National rank
#636
of 825 by median
What a pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation (SOC 37-3012) earns a median annual wage of $46,340 and a mean (average) of $47,070. The median is the midpoint — half of pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation earn more and half earn less — and is 9% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation is $46,340, and the mean (average) is $47,070. The median is the midpoint — half of pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation earn more and half earn less.
- How does pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation pay compare to the US average?
- At $46,340, a pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation earns 9% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 27,050 pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation employed nationally (SOC 37-3012), across all industries.
- Where does this pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 37-3012. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 37-3012 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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