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How much do Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation make in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $49,600. The 10th percentile is $49,380 and the 90th percentile is $59,970. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$49,600

10th percentile
$49,380
25th percentile
$49,430
Median
$49,600
75th percentile
$50,660
90th percentile
$59,970
Mean
$50,770

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation, the published 10th percentile is $49,380 and the 90th percentile is $59,970. The difference is $10,590, which is 21.4% 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 $49,430 to the 75th at $50,660, covers $1,230.

The mean annual wage is $50,770, which sits above the median of $49,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN median is 7% higher than the national median of $46,340 for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,485, which is 11.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.8% higher than the Tennessee median of $47,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 96.338, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $49,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation at $51,485 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ranks 1st of 2 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).).

  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 189 miles away, with a median of $45,290 and employment of 160. That median is 8.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,133, against $51,485 here.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation make in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $49,600. The 10th percentile is $49,380 and the 90th percentile is $59,970.

How does that compare with the national median for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation?

The local median is 7% higher than the national median of $46,340.

What is Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 96.338, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $49,600 is $51,485. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN compare with nearby metros for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation?

Memphis, TN-MS-AR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 189 miles away, at $45,290. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.