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Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation salary in New Mexico

The median pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation in New Mexico earns $38,740 a year, 16% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,617 a month.

10th percentile
$29,880
25th percentile
$32,660
Median percentile
$38,740
75th percentile
$46,940
90th percentile
$49,290

Based on 120 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$31,409 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,740
Federal income tax−$2,469
Social Security + Medicare−$2,964
New Mexico income tax (approx.)−$1,898
Monthly take-home$2,617
Every two weeks$1,208

Does it go far here?

$42,012Median pay in New Mexico is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
41%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,067 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Mexico

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$327,670
Family Medicine Physicians$228,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers$215,120
Computer Hardware Engineers$165,350
Physicists$165,340
Nuclear Engineers$164,300
Engineers, All Other$162,070
Electrical Engineers$158,520

All pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation salaries · Take-home pay in New Mexico