Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation · SOC 37-3012
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Salary in the West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation in the West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $50,490 per year ($24.28 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,800 at the 10th percentile to $60,060 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation in the West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area earn more than $50,490 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,980 and $55,780.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $46,800 | $49,980 | $50,490 | $55,780 | $60,060 |
| Hourly | $22.50 | $24.03 | $24.28 | $26.82 | $28.87 |
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
- West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$50,490 median for West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $49,980 to $55,780
- North Dakotastate$50,490 median for North Dakota; middle half earns $46,800 to $56,160
- 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 about the same vs North Dakota overall and +9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in North Dakota
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.
- West North Dakota nonmetropolitan areathis page$50,490 median for West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $49,980 to $55,780
- $47,320 median for Grand Forks metro area; middle half earns $44,280 to $52,340
- $46,390 median for Fargo metro area; middle half earns $44,650 to $55,300
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 West North Dakota 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.