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Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Salary in PA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation in PA have a median annual salary of $48,870, with 360 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $40,280 at the 10th percentile to $57,610 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$48,870

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$23.50

Employment

360

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$40,280
10th
$44,760
25th
$48,870
Median
$52,330
75th
$57,610
90th

Local compared with national

PA

$48,870

Median annual · 2025

United States

$46,340

Median annual · 2025

The PA median is 5.5% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $2,530).

Top skills

  1. 1.Operations MonitoringImportance 3.0
  2. 2.Time ManagementImportance 3.0
  3. 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 2.9
  4. 4.Active ListeningImportance 2.9
  5. 5.Critical ThinkingImportance 2.9
  6. 6.Social PerceptivenessImportance 2.9
  7. 7.Operation and ControlImportance 2.9
  8. 8.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 2.9
  9. 9.SpeakingImportance 2.8
  10. 10.CoordinationImportance 2.8
  11. 11.MonitoringImportance 2.6
  12. 12.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 2.6

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
None
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Customer database software
  • Facebook
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • Google Android
  • Materials inventory software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Rate calculation software
  • Unit conversion software

Common tasks

  • Fill sprayer tanks with water and chemicals, according to formulas.
  • Record information about pesticide applications, such as the type used and amount applied.
  • Mix pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides for application to trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops.
  • Start motors and engage machinery, such as sprayer agitators or pumps or portable spray equipment.
  • Lift, push, and swing nozzles, hoses, and tubes to direct spray over designated areas.
  • Establish driving routes for pesticide applications.
  • Clean or service machinery to ensure operating efficiency, using water, gasoline, lubricants, or hand tools.
  • Connect hoses and nozzles selected according to terrain, distribution pattern requirements, types of infestations, and velocities.
  • Cover areas to specified depths with pesticides, applying knowledge of weather conditions, droplet sizes, elevation-to-distance ratios, and obstructions.
  • Identify lawn or plant diseases to determine the appropriate course of treatment.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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