How much do Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Percentile spread

For Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation, the published 10th percentile is $50,580 and the 90th percentile is $82,350. The difference is $31,770, which is 50.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $59,080 to the 75th at $63,320, covers $4,240.

The mean annual wage is $64,180, which sits above the median of $62,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 35.9% higher than the national median of $46,340 for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,181, which is 25.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Massachusetts median of $62,980.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Massachusetts, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation at $58,181 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 1st of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $48,360 and employment of 120. That median is 23.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,518, against $58,181 here.
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 189 miles away, with a median of $43,680 and employment of 240. That median is 30.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,805, against $58,181 here.