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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.

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.