Highest-paying Cities for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

The top 100 highest paying cities for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $74,660, Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California is the highest paying city for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation. It is followed by South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin (average annual salary $58,900). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$74,660	$36,040	180
2	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$58,900	$30,590	40
3	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$58,790	$46,100	n/a
4	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$56,680	$43,180	30
5	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$54,620	$22,630	70
6	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$53,420	$35,710	70
7	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$53,350	$48,720	470
8	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$53,300	$36,180	60
9	Merced, California	$53,150	$30,140	70
10	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$52,170	$36,090	40
11	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$51,530	$46,150	160
12	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$51,170	$34,240	230
13	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$51,140	$34,140	50
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$51,070	$40,450	190
15	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$49,920	$27,350	130
16	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,880	$38,120	150
17	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$49,770	$31,290	260
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$49,090	$35,070	190
19	Columbus, Ohio	$48,870	$29,940	90
20	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$48,340	$36,960	140
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$48,300	$44,710	220
22	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$48,270	$40,970	290
23	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$48,140	$37,820	50
24	Toledo, Ohio	$48,070	$35,310	30
25	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$47,990	$36,200	50
26	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$47,930	$34,360	200
27	Syracuse, New York	$47,680	$23,100	n/a
28	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$47,670	$23,730	50
29	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,570	$37,650	n/a
30	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,570	$37,940	40
31	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$47,010	$33,870	120
32	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$46,850	$37,380	n/a
33	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$46,580	$40,820	n/a
34	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$46,500	$37,710	110
35	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$46,500	$39,440	90
36	Spokane, Washington	$46,450	$33,760	100
37	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,420	$37,160	180
38	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$46,410	$38,030	70
39	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$46,400	$34,440	70
40	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$46,220	$32,530	70
41	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,010	$37,160	230
42	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$45,960	$37,100	30
43	Prescott, Arizona	$45,880	$40,850	n/a
44	Rochester, Minnesota	$45,720	$37,640	30
45	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$45,690	$36,820	130
46	Greeley, Colorado	$45,620	$35,620	50
47	Stockton, California	$45,450	$34,950	50
48	Madison, Wisconsin	$45,150	$38,790	80
49	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$45,120	$35,340	140
50	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$45,100	$28,560	n/a
51	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$45,070	$36,560	130
52	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$44,900	$37,270	30
53	Waco, Texas	$44,750	$30,740	30
54	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$44,740	$36,650	30
55	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$44,670	$23,800	n/a
56	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,610	$38,100	300
57	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$44,580	$35,190	160
58	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$44,410	$36,490	410
59	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$44,260	$39,460	80
60	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$44,210	$31,690	170
61	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$44,190	$36,150	60
62	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$44,100	$22,420	n/a
63	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$44,080	$31,690	60
64	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$44,080	$38,060	120
65	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$44,020	$24,030	30
66	El Centro, California	$44,000	$33,510	n/a
67	Napa, California	$43,960	$43,800	50
68	Yakima, Washington	$43,940	$31,670	40
69	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$43,880	$30,990	n/a
70	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$43,850	$30,500	50
71	Huntsville, Alabama	$43,770	$35,030	40
72	Kansas City, Missouri	$43,590	$31,790	130
73	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$43,560	$39,140	40
74	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$43,410	$35,190	40
75	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$43,400	$34,730	90
76	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$43,300	$29,970	40
77	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$43,080	$28,190	40
78	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$43,020	$33,380	120
79	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$42,900	$35,750	50
80	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$42,900	$32,620	80
81	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,880	$37,600	110
82	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$42,700	$38,600	30
83	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$42,690	$31,160	n/a
84	Manchester, New Hampshire	$42,660	$31,200	60
85	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$42,650	$35,530	50
86	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$42,540	$37,770	150
87	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$42,510	$27,950	n/a
88	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$42,440	$33,310	30
89	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$42,410	$37,290	30
90	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$42,400	$28,850	320
91	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$42,400	$33,290	90
92	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$42,270	$38,440	170
93	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$42,070	$29,780	80
94	Janesville, Wisconsin	$42,020	$33,730	40
95	Honolulu, Hawaii	$41,820	$32,260	40
96	Sioux City, South Dakota	$41,700	$36,410	30
97	Fresno, California	$41,670	$33,730	150
98	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$41,650	$30,030	80
99	Springfield, Illinois	$41,630	$30,900	40
100	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$41,600	$23,500	50

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