Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation · SOC 37-3012

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetations

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 115 metro areas

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$62,990	Not published	Not published
2	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$58,550	100	0.1
3	Columbus, OH	$55,830	70	0.1
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$54,530	110	0.1
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$54,420	100	0.0
6	Cleveland, OH	$51,640	50	0.0
7	Boulder, CO	$51,270	Not published	Not published
8	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$51,220	330	0.3
9	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$50,350	70	0.1
10	Bend, OR	$50,150	30	0.3
11	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$50,150	430	0.3
12	Champaign-Urbana, IL	$49,740	40	0.3
13	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$49,600	Not published	Not published
14	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,550	280	0.1
15	Rochester, MN	$49,550	70	0.5
16	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$49,550	40	0.1
17	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$49,060	90	0.1
18	Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$49,040	50	0.5
19	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$48,860	170	0.1
20	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$48,360	120	0.2
21	Kansas City, MO-KS	$48,350	170	0.2
22	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$48,290	50	0.2
23	Omaha, NE-IA	$48,160	50	0.1
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$48,140	430	0.1
25	St. Louis, MO-IL	$47,930	150	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.