Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation · SOC 37-3012
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Salary in the South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation in the South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $34,950 per year ($16.80 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,640 at the 10th percentile to $44,720 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation in the South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area earn more than $34,950 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $32,010 and $37,860.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $31,640 | $32,010 | $34,950 | $37,860 | $44,720 |
| Hourly | $15.21 | $15.39 | $16.80 | $18.20 | $21.50 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$34,950 median for South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $32,010 to $37,860
- Arkansasstate$37,860 median for Arkansas; middle half earns $35,040 to $44,720
- United Statesnational$46,340 median for United States; middle half earns $39,160 to $51,240
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −8% vs Arkansas overall and −25% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Arkansas
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- South Arkansas nonmetropolitan areathis page$34,950 median for South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $32,010 to $37,860
- $44,420 median for Fayetteville metro area; middle half earns $43,530 to $62,780
- $39,280 median for Jonesboro metro area; middle half earns $34,530 to $42,680
- $37,800 median for Little Rock metro area; middle half earns $36,800 to $45,940
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetations · Highest-paying occupations in South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.