Lawn & Turf Care Technician Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National, the published median for SOC 37-3012, Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation, is $46,340 per year. The middle half of the Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National wage distribution runs from $39,160 to $51,240, a width of $12,080 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Lawn & Turf Care Technician comparison, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL reports $46,210 per year while Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL reports $41,390 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Lawn & Turf Care Technician figure pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation, read alongside Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National, are Warehousing and Storage at $49,090 per year (NAICS 493000); Warehousing and Storage at $49,090 per year (NAICS 493100); Services to Buildings and Dwellings at $45,780 per year (NAICS 561700). Those Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National median was $45,200 per year in May 2024, compared with $46,340 in May 2025, a published difference of $1,140. That Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $45,200 and $46,340 Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $46,340 per year for Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National, separate on-call duties, overtime, travel reimbursement, tool replacement and any truck allowance separately; prevailing wage and union requirements must be checked against the actual assignment. The Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National is broader: BLS groups Lawn & Turf Care Technician within Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. For a Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National opening, establish the equipment, license requirements and responsibility before deciding which people the pay range should attract. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Lawn & Turf Care Technician in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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