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Average Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, And Applicators, Vegetation Salary in Arizona

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, And Applicators, Vegetation in Arizona earn a median annual salary of $45,880, which is +1.5% compared to the national median. There are 180 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Arizona (state).

$45,880
Arizona median annual wage
$22/hour median
+1.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $45,200
180
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.34
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$40,310
25th
$44,930
Median
$45,880
75th
$49,480
90th
$57,600

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Arizona, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
100.7%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$45,571
Goods: 95.4%
Services: 92.3%
Rents: 106.8%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Massachusetts$59,550CompareN/A
New Jersey$55,680Compare680
North Dakota$50,670Compare300
Hawaii$50,040Compare60
Oregon$49,400Compare340
New York$49,390Compare190

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Arizona

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$228,690N/A
Pediatricians, General$227,4101.03
Physicians, All Other$223,6800.79
Dentists, General$206,6601.25
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$198,8001.01
Physicists$190,9600.17
Architectural And Engineering Managers$172,6801.08
Sales Engineers$169,4701.04

Arizona has salary data for 720 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, And Applicators, Vegetation in Arizona

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, And Applicators, Vegetation are projected to change by +3.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 4,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.