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Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation pay in Maryland and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation is $44,440 per year in Maryland. It is $62,980 per year in Massachusetts. Maryland is 29.4% below Massachusetts 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Maryland and Not published in Massachusetts. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings