Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

High Risk
65%

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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
72%
(High Risk)
POLLING
58%
(Moderate Risk, Based on 21 votes)
Average: 65%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
5.1%
by year 2033
WAGES
$44,070
or $21.19 per hour
Volume
23,520
as of 2023
SUMMARY
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JOB SCORE
3.2/10
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

72% (High Risk)

High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Social Perceptiveness

User poll

58% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, the automation risk level we have generated suggests a much higher chance of automation: 72% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation' job openings is expected to rise 5.1% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation' was $44,070, or $21 per hour

'Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation' were paid 8.3% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 23,520 people employed as 'Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 6 thousand people are employed as 'Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation'.

Job description

Mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or crops. Usually requires specific training and state or federal certification.

SOC Code: 37-3012.00

Comments (1)

BioNem (No chance)
16 Jul 2023 00:46
I'd personally love to see it haha but there's no way. haha. They would need to be able to drive around to residences, load products into tanks, be able to maintain equipment multiple times a day that will become dirty and inoperable, ect... I would be surprised to see it in my lifetime
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