Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

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.

Salary by State

State Name	Employment	Annual Salary	Hourly Salary
Alabama		$41,370	$19.89
Arizona	220	$40,800	$19.62
Arkansas	280	$32,080	$15.42
California	2,300	$43,610	$20.97
Colorado	380	$41,540	$19.97
Connecticut	170	$40,300	$19.37
Florida	3,930	$37,120	$17.84
Georgia	690	$40,050	$19.26
Hawaii	150	$45,470	$21.86
Idaho	570	$40,930	$19.68
Illinois	1,410	$45,070	$21.67
Indiana	880	$36,170	$17.39
Iowa	520	$40,390	$19.42
Kansas	310	$38,430	$18.47
Kentucky	280	$36,030	$17.32
Louisiana		$30,640	$14.73
Maryland	100	$40,740	$19.59
Massachusetts		$50,060	$24.07
Michigan	690	$38,550	$18.53
Minnesota	1,180	$42,630	$20.49
Mississippi		$39,650	$19.06
Missouri	520	$35,310	$16.97
Montana	440	$38,120	$18.33
Nebraska	600	$37,140	$17.86
Nevada	70	$42,270	$20.32
New Hampshire	120	$52,080	$25.04
New Jersey	110	$49,680	$23.88
New York	400	$39,940	$19.20
North Carolina	900	$34,710	$16.69
North Dakota	420	$42,540	$20.45
Ohio	540	$47,720	$22.94
Oklahoma	180	$35,770	$17.20
Oregon	340	$44,620	$21.45
Pennsylvania	540	$44,170	$21.24
South Carolina	360	$32,030	$15.40
South Dakota	810	$38,180	$18.36
Tennessee	580	$36,740	$17.66
Texas	1,020	$44,850	$21.56
Utah	60	$35,620	$17.12
Virginia	570	$41,300	$19.86
Washington	630	$48,870	$23.50
West Virginia	30	$36,520	$17.56
Wisconsin	660	$46,260	$22.24
Wyoming		$38,640	$18.58

Education

The programs listed below are typically the education paths that can land you this kind of job.

A program that prepares individuals to manage and maintain indoor and/or outdoor ornamental and recreational plants and groundcovers and related conceptual designs established by landscape architects, interior designers, enterprise owners or managers, and individual clients. Includes instruction in applicable principles of horticulture, gardening, plant and soil irrigation and nutrition, turf maintenance, plant maintenance, equipment operation and maintenance, personnel supervision, and purchasing.

Mesa Community College

Mesa, AZ

Certificate

American River College

Sacramento, CA

Associate Degree

Antelope Valley Community College District

Lancaster, CA

Certificate Associate Degree

Butte College

Oroville, CA

Certificate

A program that prepares individuals to operate and manage outdoor plant farms, tree and shrub nurseries, and related facilities that develop domesticated plant products for propagation, harvesting, and transplantation. Includes instruction in applicable principles of plant science, farm and business management, nursery operations, equipment operation and maintenance, safety procedures, and personnel supervision.

Cabrillo College

Aptos, CA

Certificate

A program that focuses on turfgrasses and related groundcover plants and prepares individuals to develop ornamental or recreational grasses and related products; plant, transplant, and manage grassed areas; and to produce and store turf used for transplantation. Includes instruction in applicable plant sciences, genetics of grasses, turf science, use analysis, turf management, and related economics.