DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

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

Occupational Description:
Mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or crops. Usually requires specific training and state or federal certification. Crop dusters are included in ?Commercial Pilots? (53-2012).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Southwest Balance of State20072$17.90/hr$1.40/hr$12.87/hr$14.92/hr$18.02/hr$20.79/hr$23.69/hr
Minnesota 1,480697$16.61/hr$0.73/hr$12.77/hr$14.04/hr$16.40/hr$18.50/hr$21.68/hr
U S 25,7801,289$19.20/hr$0.36/hr$12.25/hr$14.47/hr$17.54/hr$21.19/hr$28.06/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Trade, Transportation and Utilities200$18.02/hr
Other Regional Data For Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Southwest Balance of State 200 $18.02/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 130 $17.70/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 130 $19.60/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA 40 $18.90/hr N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 30 $17.24/hr N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA 10 $20.40/hr N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA N/A N/A N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA N/A $15.05/hr N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA N/A $16.71/hr N/A
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