How much do Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation make in Salinas, CA?

Percentile spread

For Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation, the published 10th percentile is $41,450 and the 90th percentile is $52,960. The difference is $11,510, which is 27.7% 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 $41,450 to the 75th at $41,540, covers $90.

The mean annual wage is $43,560, which sits above the median of $41,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salinas, CA median is 10.4% lower than the national median of $46,340 for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,095, which is 17.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.8% lower than the California median of $45,070.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salinas, CA is 109.042, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation at $38,095 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation. Salinas, CA ranks 6th of 11 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).).

• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 46 miles away, with a median of $47,430 and employment of 70. That median is 14.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,953, against $38,095 here.
• Modesto, CA is 93 miles away, with a median of $40,560 and employment of 50. That median is 2.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,960, against $38,095 here.
• Fresno, CA is 102 miles away, with a median of $39,940 and employment of 200. That median is 3.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,096, against $38,095 here.

Employment share

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Salinas, CA (220 of 186,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (27,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.78 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.