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
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN N/A697$15.24/hr$0.61/hr$12.56/hr$13.46/hr$14.94/hr$17.13/hr$18.45/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.


Other Regional Data For Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Southwest Minnesota 210 $19.87/hr -2.1%
Northwest Minnesota 140 $17.73/hr 1.1%
Southeast Minnesota 90 $18.92/hr -3.1%
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Central Minnesota N/A $17.11/hr -3.0%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN N/A $14.94/hr 0.4%
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