Pest Control Workers salary

SOC 37-2021 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$45,250

per year, nationally

Middle half

$37,440–$49,600

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

102,620

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.9%

13,400 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$34,680$61,890

10th: $34,680
25th: $37,440
Median: $45,250
75th: $49,600
90th: $61,890

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where pest control workers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$51,300	107.0	1,430	0.61×
2	South Dakota	$49,920	88.6	190	0.63×
3	Nevada	$49,240	100.0	790	0.77×
4	Connecticut	$49,010	103.6	880	0.78×
5	New Jersey	$48,780	108.8	2,270	0.80×
6	Colorado	$48,650	103.1	970	0.51×
7	Hawaii	$48,570	110.0	740	1.79×
8	New York	$48,530	107.9	4,220	0.66×
9	Maine	$48,340	97.0	320	0.76×
10	North Dakota	$48,020	89.0	120	0.41×
11	New Hampshire	$48,000	104.2	260	0.57×
12	Maryland	$47,360	105.0	1,670	0.91×
13	California	$47,190	110.7	—	—
14	Alaska	$46,900	102.4	40	0.18×
15	Oregon	$46,570	103.4	740	0.57×
16	Illinois	$46,450	100.0	2,470	0.61×
17	Vermont	$46,320	98.0	80	0.42×
18	Virginia	$45,950	101.1	3,040	1.12×
19	Pennsylvania	$45,720	97.6	2,260	0.56×
20	Massachusetts	$45,560	105.8	1,900	0.79×
21	Wisconsin	$45,350	94.1	1,060	0.54×
22	Delaware	$45,300	99.8	300	0.94×
23	Iowa	$45,290	87.8	540	0.52×
24	Rhode Island	$45,030	102.3	270	0.82×
25	North Carolina	$44,740	94.3	4,870	1.49×
26	Utah	$44,740	98.9	1,050	0.92×
27	Louisiana	$44,570	88.2	1,930	1.51×
28	Wyoming	$44,500	92.7	50	0.29×
29	Michigan	$44,470	96.2	1,460	0.50×
30	Arizona	$44,430	100.7	3,200	1.50×
31	Florida	$44,320	103.4	12,400	1.89×
32	South Carolina	$43,130	93.7	2,660	1.75×
33	Missouri	$42,690	90.8	1,440	0.74×
34	Kentucky	$42,310	90.2	1,030	0.78×
35	Montana	$41,730	94.6	100	0.30×
36	Minnesota	$41,640	98.6	670	0.34×
37	Idaho	$40,220	95.5	620	1.09×
38	Ohio	$40,110	92.8	2,170	0.59×
39	Tennessee	$39,690	91.9	3,340	1.54×
40	Oklahoma	$39,050	87.8	1,310	1.16×
41	Nebraska	$38,960	90.1	460	0.68×
42	Kansas	$38,690	90.1	760	0.81×
43	Indiana	$38,600	93.3	1,670	0.79×
44	Alabama	$38,410	88.8	2,540	1.82×
45	Georgia	$37,860	96.3	5,770	1.79×
46	Arkansas	$37,710	86.9	1,030	1.20×
47	Texas	$37,660	97.1	9,470	1.02×
48	West Virginia	$37,510	89.5	460	0.99×
49	Mississippi	$37,200	87.0	960	1.25×
50	New Mexico	$37,070	92.2	320	0.56×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where pest control workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for pest control workers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Reno, NV	$58,910	101.0	160	0.86×
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$58,380	111.1	670	0.49×
3	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$55,390	109.4	100	1.95×
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$53,380	115.6	1,210	0.77×
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$53,050	110.4	590	0.79×
6	Kingston, NY	$52,700	100.7	50	1.40×
7	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$50,440	109.9	50	0.84×
8	Vallejo, CA	$50,420	108.5	110	1.11×
9	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$50,110	105.8	570	0.54×
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$49,940	112.6	4,380	0.70×
11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$49,750	106.9	180	0.68×
12	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$49,550	100.3	200	1.21×
13	Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$49,460	93.4	30	0.46×
14	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$49,460	101.1	50	0.41×
15	New Haven, CT	$49,330	104.6	150	0.82×
16	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$49,240	100.2	540	0.73×
17	Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	$49,030	98.3	90	1.81×
18	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$48,860	100.4	30	0.36×
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$48,670	102.7	340	0.85×
20	Grand Junction, CO	$48,640	95.5	70	1.65×
21	Urban Honolulu, HI	$48,530	111.0	400	1.35×
22	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	$48,500	86.5	40	0.73×
23	Colorado Springs, CO	$48,480	100.7	100	0.50×
24	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$48,460	90.6	80	0.68×
25	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$48,420	106.7	1,860	2.61×
26	Portland-South Portland, ME	$48,340	101.9	220	1.13×
27	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$48,200	91.7	200	0.76×
28	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$48,140	107.8	220	1.63×
29	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$48,010	108.9	1,630	0.79×
30	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$48,000	108.6	120	1.50×
31	Salinas, CA	$47,860	109.0	130	1.04×
32	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$47,720	103.7	80	0.93×
33	Spartanburg, SC	$47,630	91.1	70	0.63×
34	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$47,610	98.9	70	0.65×
35	Modesto, CA	$47,480	104.1	160	1.22×
36	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,470	111.9	1,230	1.21×
37	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$47,430	105.4	500	0.62×
38	Rochester, NY	$47,350	97.0	310	0.96×
39	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$47,340	103.2	190	1.62×
40	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$47,330	103.2	110	0.67×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where pest control workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,840
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$35,510
Building Cleaning Workers, All Other$44,040