Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations · SOC 37-3012

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

little overlap 2023 task rating

What this means. In the researchers’ assessment, few tasks overlap. The rating includes tasks that could require additional AI software.

What it does not mean. This is not the chance of losing your job, a measure of current AI use, or a test of today's tools.

How to read the rating · Score and source detail

Work and pay in Colorado

About 960 Coloradans work in this occupation. These statewide BLS figures describe the occupation, not the number of jobs at risk.

Colorado employment: 960 published OEWS estimate, 2025
Colorado median wage: $47,020 annual, 2025

Technical detail: score, comparison and sources

A score summarizes task ratings on a 0–100 scale. A percentile compares occupations with each other. Neither is a probability of job loss.

Exposure score: 5.6 0–100; published human task rating
Percentile: 15 higher rated overlap than 15% of occupations

Where it sits among occupations

Each bar is the number of occupations scoring in that range. This occupation scores 5.6 — more exposed than 15% of the 830 occupations scored; the median occupation scores 28.0.

This occupation’s score comes from published human task ratings (Eloundou and colleagues, 2023). Employment and wages are BLS OEWS Colorado estimates for 2025; no county imputation is used for those figures.

Scoring formula and cutoffs · Original sources · Exact data

Similar occupations in this group

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners little overlap 34,220 CO jobs
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers little overlap 21,990 CO jobs
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners little overlap 19,280 CO jobs
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers little overlap 4,390 CO jobs

The largest other occupations (by published Colorado employment) in Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations — all 10 are on the group page.

Cite this page

Colorado AI Exposure Atlas

Martin, Christopher. “AI Exposure of Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation.” Colorado AI Exposure Atlas, 2026 edition. https://coloradoaiexposureatlas.com/occupation/pesticide-handlers-sprayers-and-applicators-vegetation/.

2026 Edition · Employment data 2025 · Compiled by Christopher Martin

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