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Pay · 37-2021

Pest Control Workers earn $45,250 a year at the midpoint

Most pest control workers are paid close to one another — the middle is $45,250, and even the ends, $34,680 and $61,890, are not far off.

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$45,250median a year · United States
$21.75an hour $46,400average 102,620people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$37,44025th $45,250median $49,60075th
$34,68010th percentile $61,89090th percentile
$37,440a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$51,300best-paying state · Washington
$37,070lowest-paying state · New Mexico
+13%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Pest control worker earnings, from starting pay to the best-paid 10%

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Pest control worker wages in each state

The 39 states where the most people do this work, of 50 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.38 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Washington $51,300 $44,340 $44,340 — $61,190 1,430
Nevada $49,240 $36,680 $36,680 — $81,420 790
Connecticut $49,010 $39,470 $39,470 — $58,590 880
New Jersey $48,780 $39,830 $39,830 — $59,680 2,270
Colorado $48,650 $38,610 $38,610 — $71,230 970
Hawaii $48,570 $35,500 $35,500 — $62,670 740
New York $48,530 $37,550 $37,550 — $71,960 4,220
Maine $48,340 $46,130 $46,130 — $60,300 320
Maryland $47,360 $37,810 $37,810 — $65,500 1,670
Oregon $46,570 $39,890 $39,890 — $59,270 740
Illinois $46,450 $36,120 $36,120 — $62,450 2,470
Virginia $45,950 $37,020 $37,020 — $61,510 3,040
Pennsylvania $45,720 $36,910 $36,910 — $60,000 2,260
Massachusetts $45,560 $36,750 $36,750 — $62,170 1,900
Wisconsin $45,350 $36,800 $36,800 — $59,750 1,060
Iowa $45,290 $35,750 $35,750 — $57,250 540
North Carolina $44,740 $31,990 $31,990 — $61,900 4,870
Utah $44,740 $33,280 $33,280 — $47,640 1,050
Louisiana $44,570 $27,850 $27,850 — $58,220 1,930
Michigan $44,470 $38,630 $38,630 — $61,850 1,460
Arizona $44,430 $36,820 $36,820 — $62,910 3,200
Florida $44,320 $34,960 $34,960 — $61,890 12,400
South Carolina $43,130 $32,850 $32,850 — $59,890 2,660
Missouri $42,690 $29,850 $29,850 — $48,560 1,440
Kentucky $42,310 $30,130 $30,130 — $61,670 1,030
Minnesota $41,640 $27,180 $27,180 — $70,720 670
Idaho $40,220 $35,940 $35,940 — $47,340 620
Ohio $40,110 $35,590 $35,590 — $58,890 2,170
Tennessee $39,690 $30,570 $30,570 — $56,270 3,340
Oklahoma $39,050 $29,220 $29,220 — $58,160 1,310
Nebraska $38,960 $29,330 $29,330 — $66,200 460
Kansas $38,690 $27,590 $27,590 — $60,000 760
Indiana $38,600 $35,290 $35,290 — $60,920 1,670
Alabama $38,410 $31,100 $31,100 — $50,110 2,540
Georgia $37,860 $29,310 $29,310 — $61,520 5,770
Arkansas $37,710 $30,900 $30,900 — $55,970 1,030
Texas $37,660 $29,550 $29,550 — $59,630 9,470
West Virginia $37,510 $26,080 $26,080 — $50,780 460
Mississippi $37,200 $28,700 $28,700 — $53,890 960

Number 628 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 20% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 626 Religious Workers, All Other $45,280
  2. 627 Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks $45,260
  3. 628 Pest Control Workers $45,250
  4. 629 Phlebotomists $45,230
  5. 630 Psychiatric Technicians $45,130

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  • Measured area dimensions requiring treatment, calculate fumigant requirements, and estimate cost for service.

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Pest control worker pay rate, from hourly to yearly

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$45,240a year

Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Pest Control Workers$45,250
Building Cleaning Workers, All Other$44,040−$1,210 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,840−$8,410 Maids and housekeeping cleaners$35,510−$9,740

Questions people often ask

What is a pest control worker’s yearly income?

A pest control worker makes a median of $45,250 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $37,440 and $49,600.

What is a pest control worker’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $21.75 an hour; the average is $46,400 a year.

What is the starting pay for a pest control worker?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $37,440 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $34,680.

Which state pays pest control workers the most?

Washington, with a median of $51,300 a year.

How many people work as pest control workers?

About 102,620 in the United States — number 628 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays roughly the same

Median pay within $80 of what pest control workers earn — $45,250 a year — but not always the same spread.

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