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Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation vs Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

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 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 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 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$45,200
$38,090
Employment · BLS OEWS
25,200
943,430
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
23rd pct
8th pct

At a glance

Dimension Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Median pay $45,200 $38,090
Employment 25,200 943,430
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.8%) About average (+3.6%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 4,100 158,200
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 · 8th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 12th pct · 13% of tasks 6th pct · 12% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (54.7%)
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: Customer and Personal Service, Biology, Near Vision, English Language, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Control Precision, Administration and Management, Active Listening, Oral Comprehension, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, Public Safety and Security, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Oral Expression, Manual Dexterity, Multilimb Coordination, Chemistry, Mechanical, Coordination, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Selective Attention, Static Strength, Depth Perception.

Specific to Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

  • Production and Processing
  • Education and Training
  • Written Comprehension
  • Mathematics
  • Law and Government
  • Transportation
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Social Perceptiveness

Specific to Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

  • Trunk Strength
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Visualization
  • Stamina
  • Far Vision
  • Speech Clarity
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Dynamic Strength

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: Web page creation and editing software , Operating system software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software .

Specific to Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

Specific to Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Full profiles

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

More comparisons

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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 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers." 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-landscaping-and-groundskeeping-workers

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Singulariki. (2026). Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation vs Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/pesticide-handlers-sprayers-and-applicators-vegetation-vs-landscaping-and-groundskeeping-workers

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation vs Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers},
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  year   = {2026},
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  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/pesticide-handlers-sprayers-and-applicators-vegetation-vs-landscaping-and-groundskeeping-workers}
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