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Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation pay in Baton Rouge, LA and Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation is $32,580 per year in Baton Rouge, LA. It is $62,990 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. Baton Rouge, LA is 48.3% below Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 37-3012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Baton Rouge, LA and Not published in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.