National » Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation » New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY

Pesticide Handler, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$28,850
25th Percentile Wage	$28,860
50th Percentile Wage	$42,400
75th Percentile Wage	$55,510
90th Percentile Wage	$66,900

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $66,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,850.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$42,400	-8.99%	18.04%
2021	$46,210	9.18%	-
2020	$41,970	-4.34%	-
2019	$43,790	12.13%	-
2018	$38,480	18.09%	-
2017	$31,520	4.44%	-
2016	$30,120	0.73%	-
2015	$29,900	-22.58%	-
2014	$36,650	2.95%	-
2013	$35,570	2.31%	-
2012	$34,750	-	-

Table 2. Compare Pesticide Handler, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,400 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 11.1 percent (11.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Syracuse and 30.4 percent (30.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Kingston.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Syracuse	$47,680
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$42,510
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$42,400
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$38,420
Rochester	$35,760
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$31,180
Nassau-Suffolk	$30,570
Kingston	$29,530