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Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation and Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$45,200
$35,690
Employment · BLS OEWS
25,200
261,690
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
23rd pct
10th pct

At a glance

Dimension Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Median pay $45,200 $35,690
Employment 25,200 261,690
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.8%) Declining (-3.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 4,100 71,700
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 23rd pct Low · 10th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 12th pct · 13% of tasks 5th pct · 11% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Biology, Near Vision, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Control Precision, Active Listening, Oral Comprehension, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Oral Expression, Manual Dexterity, Multilimb Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility, Static Strength.

Specific to Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Production and Processing
  • English Language
  • Administration and Management
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Education and Training
  • Written Comprehension
  • Mathematics

Specific to Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

  • Trunk Strength
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Rate Control
  • Dynamic Strength
  • Stamina
  • Explosive Strength
  • Reaction Time

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

Specific to Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation or Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

More comparisons

Related occupations you can place side by side on the same sourced scale.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/pesticide-handlers-sprayers-and-applicators-vegetation-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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Singulariki. (2026). Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation vs Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/pesticide-handlers-sprayers-and-applicators-vegetation-vs-farmworkers-and-laborers-crop-nursery-and-greenhouse

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