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Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation, trained competency-based, time-based. The shortest approved term is 4,000 hours, for Agricultural Service Worker (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Service Worker | 0703 | Competency-Based: 4,000 hours Time-Based: 4,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation earn, by state
Massachusetts has the highest state median for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation ($62,980) and Louisiana the lowest ($26,220), across the 44 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $62,980 | $30.28 | Not published |
| Delaware | $54,190 | $26.05 | 40 |
| Oregon | $51,590 | $24.80 | 290 |
| Hawaii | $51,240 | $24.63 | 60 |
| North Dakota | $50,490 | $24.28 | 280 |
| Ohio | $50,060 | $24.07 | 490 |
| Wyoming | $49,190 | $23.65 | 120 |
| Kansas | $49,090 | $23.60 | 520 |
| Minnesota | $49,030 | $23.57 | 950 |
| Pennsylvania | $48,870 | $23.50 | 360 |
| Arizona | $48,630 | $23.38 | 210 |
| Virginia | $48,610 | $23.37 | 240 |
| Indiana | $48,500 | $23.32 | 950 |
| New York | $48,380 | $23.26 | 220 |
| Rhode Island | $48,360 | $23.25 | 100 |
| Illinois | $48,280 | $23.21 | 1,040 |
| North Carolina | $48,240 | $23.19 | 360 |
| Nevada | $48,030 | $23.09 | 100 |
| Idaho | $47,630 | $22.90 | 610 |
| Nebraska | $47,500 | $22.84 | 380 |
| Washington | $47,360 | $22.77 | 470 |
| Tennessee | $47,340 | $22.76 | Not published |
| Colorado | $47,020 | $22.61 | 960 |
| Iowa | $46,740 | $22.47 | 600 |
| South Dakota | $46,320 | $22.27 | 460 |
| Wisconsin | $46,190 | $22.21 | 540 |
| Utah | $45,430 | $21.84 | 360 |
| Florida | $45,210 | $21.74 | 4,530 |
| California | $45,070 | $21.67 | 2,260 |
| Missouri | $44,990 | $21.63 | 450 |
| Michigan | $44,460 | $21.37 | 860 |
| Maryland | $44,440 | $21.36 | Not published |
| New Jersey | $44,330 | $21.31 | 320 |
| Alabama | $43,440 | $20.88 | 320 |
| Maine | $40,200 | $19.33 | 60 |
| Kentucky | $39,380 | $18.94 | 290 |
| Georgia | $39,080 | $18.79 | 1,300 |
| New Mexico | $38,740 | $18.62 | 120 |
| South Carolina | $38,100 | $18.32 | 610 |
| Arkansas | $37,860 | $18.20 | 490 |
| Montana | $37,760 | $18.15 | 630 |
| Oklahoma | $36,870 | $17.73 | 370 |
| Mississippi | $35,770 | $17.20 | 650 |
| Louisiana | $26,220 | $12.61 | 220 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).