Occupations in demand list

Pacific Mountain WDA: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston counties Qualification: Balanced SOC code: 373012 Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops. Usually requires specific training and State or Federal certification. Excludes "Commercial Pilots" (532012) who dust or spray crops from aircraft. According to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the typical level of education that most workers need to enter this occupation is: High school diploma or equivalent. Additional training, experience, licenses or credentials may be required. Learn more at BLS. * Average annual wage (March 2013): * Average hourly wage (March 2013): Short-Term trend : Long-Term trend : Estimated employment (2011): Average annual total openings (2011-2021): Average annual growth (2011-2021): Additional occupation information is available through the Learn about an occupation tool. If values all show zero, employment levels were too low to develop estimates for the geographic area selected. Search again with “All Workforce Development Areas, all counties.” *How we calculate wages - Source data for wages come from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey and are subject to restrictions and limitations of the survey. Self-employment, private households and agricultural employment, except for agricultural services, are excluded from OES. All wage estimations are adjusted as of March 2013. Learn more. Close window Qualification status for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation in the other WDAs included below, for relevant areas. Click on specific areas in table for occupation information for those areas. Qualification Soc area Not in demand All workforce development areas, all counties Balanced Seattle King WDA: King County Balanced Pierce WDA: Pierce County Not in demand Benton- Franklin WDA: Benton, Franklin counties Not in demand North Central WDA: Chelan/Douglas counties Not in demand South Central WDA: Kittitas County Not in demand North Central WDA: Grant, Adams counties Not in demand South Central WDA: Klickitat County Not in demand North Central WDA: Okanogan County Not in demand South Central WDA: Skamania County Not in demand South Central WDA: Yakima County Not in demand Eastern Washington WDA: Stevens, Ferry, Pend Oreille, Lincoln counties Not in demand Eastern Washington WDA: Asotin, Garfield, Whitman counties Not in demand Eastern Washington WDA: Columbia, Walla Walla counties