37 Series · SOC 37-2021

Pest Control Workers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$44,730

per year

Median Hourly

$21.51/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$45,800

average

Employment

96,110

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$32,460$37,060$44,730$49,300$61,410
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$15.61$17.82$21.51$23.70$29.52
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$32,460

25th Percentile

$37,060

Median

$44,730

75th Percentile

$49,300

90th Percentile

$61,410

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Colorado $50,450 +13% above national
2 Washington $50,190 +12% above national
3 Maine $49,940 +12% above national
4 North Dakota $48,840 +9% above national
5 New Hampshire $48,750 +9% above national
6 New York $48,470 +8% above national
7 Hawaii $48,420 +8% above national
8 Wisconsin $48,370 +8% above national
9 Alaska $47,930 +7% above national
10 Indiana $47,130 +5% above national
11 Connecticut $46,830 +5% above national
12 Rhode Island $46,660 +4% above national
13 New Jersey $46,370 +4% above national
14 Illinois $46,310 +4% above national
15 Vermont $46,280 +3% above national
16 Minnesota $45,830 +2% above national
17 Florida $45,790 +2% above national
18 Massachusetts $45,790 +2% above national
19 California $45,370 +1% above national
20 Kansas $45,370 +1% above national
21 Michigan $45,320 +1% above national
22 Pennsylvania $45,310 +1% above national
23 Montana $44,820 same as national
24 Nevada $44,320 1% below national
25 Virginia $44,180 1% below national
26 Tennessee $43,870 2% below national
27 Maryland $43,790 2% below national
28 Georgia $43,610 3% below national
29 Texas $43,470 3% below national
30 Ohio $43,420 3% below national
31 Oregon $42,930 4% below national
32 Idaho $42,650 5% below national
33 Utah $42,460 5% below national
34 Louisiana $41,600 7% below national
35 Alabama $40,020 11% below national
36 Arizona $38,960 13% below national
37 South Dakota $38,850 13% below national
38 Missouri $38,570 14% below national
39 Kentucky $38,250 14% below national
40 South Carolina $37,960 15% below national
41 West Virginia $37,930 15% below national
42 Mississippi $37,620 16% below national
43 North Carolina $37,530 16% below national
44 Arkansas $37,240 17% below national
45 Nebraska $37,090 17% below national
46 Wyoming $37,030 17% below national
47 Oklahoma $36,880 18% below national
48 Iowa $36,510 18% below national
49 New Mexico $36,340 19% below national
50 Guam $29,240 35% below national
51 Puerto Rico $27,170 39% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 St. George, UT $51,540 +15% above national
2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $51,200 +14% above national
3 Kingston, NY $50,970 +14% above national
4 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $50,760 +13% above national
5 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $50,710 +13% above national
6 Portland-South Portland, ME $50,550 +13% above national
7 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $50,380 +13% above national
8 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $49,910 +12% above national
9 Rochester, NY $49,560 +11% above national
10 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $48,730 +9% above national
11 Fort Wayne, IN $48,710 +9% above national
12 Kennewick-Richland, WA $48,690 +9% above national
13 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $48,610 +9% above national
14 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $48,600 +9% above national
15 Green Bay, WI $48,540 +9% above national
16 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $48,520 +8% above national
17 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $48,430 +8% above national
18 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $48,370 +8% above national
19 Bangor, ME $48,230 +8% above national
20 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $48,160 +8% above national
21 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $48,040 +7% above national
22 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $47,930 +7% above national
23 Vallejo, CA $47,920 +7% above national
24 Colorado Springs, CO $47,910 +7% above national
25 Eau Claire, WI $47,890 +7% above national
26 Naples-Marco Island, FL $47,830 +7% above national
27 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $47,770 +7% above national
28 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $47,770 +7% above national
29 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $47,740 +7% above national
30 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $47,640 +7% above national
31 Fargo, ND-MN $47,620 +6% above national
32 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $47,610 +6% above national
33 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $47,560 +6% above national
34 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $47,490 +6% above national
35 Urban Honolulu, HI $47,460 +6% above national
36 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $47,420 +6% above national
37 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $47,380 +6% above national
38 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $47,190 +5% above national
39 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $47,150 +5% above national
40 Grand Junction, CO $47,140 +5% above national
41 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $47,100 +5% above national
42 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $46,940 +5% above national
43 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $46,910 +5% above national
44 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $46,900 +5% above national
45 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,900 +5% above national
46 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $46,830 +5% above national
47 Odessa, TX $46,820 +5% above national
48 Peoria, IL $46,780 +5% above national
49 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $46,760 +5% above national
50 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $46,630 +4% above national
51 Salem, OR $46,610 +4% above national
52 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $46,600 +4% above national
53 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $46,560 +4% above national
54 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $46,470 +4% above national
55 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $46,460 +4% above national
56 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $46,450 +4% above national
57 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $46,440 +4% above national
58 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $46,280 +3% above national
59 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $46,240 +3% above national
60 Toledo, OH $46,180 +3% above national
61 Salinas, CA $46,160 +3% above national
62 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $46,120 +3% above national
63 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $46,100 +3% above national
64 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $46,050 +3% above national
65 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $46,040 +3% above national
66 Punta Gorda, FL $46,010 +3% above national
67 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $45,960 +3% above national
68 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $45,960 +3% above national
69 Yuba City, CA $45,950 +3% above national
70 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $45,930 +3% above national
71 Jacksonville, FL $45,920 +3% above national
72 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $45,860 +3% above national
73 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $45,840 +2% above national
74 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $45,800 +2% above national
75 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $45,780 +2% above national
76 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $45,720 +2% above national
77 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $45,650 +2% above national
78 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $45,620 +2% above national
79 Baton Rouge, LA $45,610 +2% above national
80 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $45,590 +2% above national
81 Kansas City, MO-KS $45,580 +2% above national
82 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $45,580 +2% above national
83 Boise City, ID $45,520 +2% above national
84 Gainesville, GA $45,480 +2% above national
85 Savannah, GA $45,460 +2% above national
86 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $45,360 +1% above national
87 Richmond, VA $45,340 +1% above national
88 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $45,320 +1% above national
89 Port St. Lucie, FL $45,310 +1% above national
90 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $45,300 +1% above national
91 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $45,250 +1% above national
92 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $45,240 +1% above national
93 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $45,210 +1% above national
94 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $45,180 +1% above national
95 Syracuse, NY $45,120 +1% above national
96 Columbus, OH $45,100 +1% above national
97 Binghamton, NY $45,010 +1% above national
98 Coeur d'Alene, ID $44,980 +1% above national
99 Lancaster, PA $44,980 +1% above national
100 Manhattan, KS $44,980 +1% above national
101 Eugene-Springfield, OR $44,970 +1% above national
102 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $44,960 +1% above national
103 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $44,920 same as national
104 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $44,830 same as national
105 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $44,830 same as national
106 Pittsburgh, PA $44,820 same as national
107 York-Hanover, PA $44,790 same as national
108 Modesto, CA $44,730 same as national
109 Reno, NV $44,700 same as national
110 Rome, GA $44,670 same as national
111 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $44,670 same as national
112 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $44,620 same as national
113 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $44,610 same as national
114 Gainesville, FL $44,550 same as national
115 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $44,540 same as national
116 Glens Falls, NY $44,510 same as national
117 Ogden, UT $44,450 1% below national
118 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $44,420 1% below national
119 Montgomery, AL $44,420 1% below national
120 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $44,370 1% below national
121 Ocala, FL $44,310 1% below national
122 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $44,260 1% below national
123 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $44,190 1% below national
124 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $43,870 2% below national
125 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $43,790 2% below national
126 Decatur, AL $43,660 2% below national
127 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $43,610 3% below national
128 Stockton-Lodi, CA $43,480 3% below national
129 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $43,310 3% below national
130 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $43,240 3% below national
131 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $43,210 3% below national
132 Warner Robins, GA $43,180 3% below national
133 Tallahassee, FL $43,150 4% below national
134 Anchorage, AK $43,140 4% below national
135 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $42,960 4% below national
136 Springfield, MA $42,960 4% below national
137 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $42,950 4% below national
138 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $42,910 4% below national
139 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $42,880 4% below national
140 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $42,800 4% below national
141 Homosassa Springs, FL $42,640 5% below national
142 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $42,630 5% below national
143 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $42,590 5% below national
144 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $42,550 5% below national
145 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $42,500 5% below national
146 Cleveland, OH $42,460 5% below national
147 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $42,340 5% below national
148 Lynchburg, VA $42,330 5% below national
149 Alexandria, LA $41,870 6% below national
150 Roanoke, VA $41,870 6% below national
151 Lafayette, LA $41,600 7% below national
152 Akron, OH $41,440 7% below national
153 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $41,360 8% below national
154 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $41,310 8% below national
155 Macon-Bibb County, GA $40,850 9% below national
156 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $40,770 9% below national
157 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $40,770 9% below national
158 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $40,740 9% below national
159 Asheville, NC $40,700 9% below national
160 Dothan, AL $40,670 9% below national
161 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $40,670 9% below national
162 Burlington, NC $40,450 10% below national
163 El Centro, CA $40,320 10% below national
164 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $40,250 10% below national
165 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $40,230 10% below national
166 Mobile, AL $40,090 10% below national
167 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $40,090 10% below national
168 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $39,980 11% below national
169 Winchester, VA-WV $39,920 11% below national
170 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $39,920 11% below national
171 Fresno, CA $39,800 11% below national
172 Birmingham, AL $39,780 11% below national
173 Chattanooga, TN-GA $39,620 11% below national
174 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $39,620 11% below national
175 Chico, CA $39,530 12% below national
176 Knoxville, TN $39,520 12% below national
177 Merced, CA $39,480 12% below national
178 Medford, OR $39,470 12% below national
179 Reading, PA $39,460 12% below national
180 Wichita, KS $39,420 12% below national
181 Spartanburg, SC $39,380 12% below national
182 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $39,340 12% below national
183 Lincoln, NE $39,170 12% below national
184 Clarksville, TN-KY $39,160 12% below national
185 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $39,150 12% below national
186 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $39,140 12% below national
187 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $39,130 13% below national
188 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $39,130 13% below national
189 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $39,110 13% below national
190 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $39,070 13% below national
191 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $38,960 13% below national
192 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $38,950 13% below national
193 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $38,850 13% below national
194 Evansville, IN $38,840 13% below national
195 Jackson, MS $38,730 13% below national
196 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $38,730 13% below national
197 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $38,700 13% below national
198 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $38,690 14% below national
199 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $38,630 14% below national
200 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $38,630 14% below national
201 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,630 14% below national
202 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $38,580 14% below national
203 St. Louis, MO-IL $38,550 14% below national
204 Texarkana, TX-AR $38,510 14% below national
205 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $38,500 14% below national
206 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,470 14% below national
207 Raleigh-Cary, NC $38,430 14% below national
208 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $38,400 14% below national
209 Waco, TX $38,310 14% below national
210 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,280 14% below national
211 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $38,270 14% below national
212 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $38,200 15% below national
213 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $38,200 15% below national
214 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $38,170 15% below national
215 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $38,130 15% below national
216 Lexington-Fayette, KY $38,110 15% below national
217 Redding, CA $38,100 15% below national
218 Salisbury, MD $38,090 15% below national
219 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $38,020 15% below national
220 Jackson, TN $37,980 15% below national
221 Columbia, SC $37,960 15% below national
222 Jonesboro, AR $37,910 15% below national
223 Monroe, LA $37,900 15% below national
224 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $37,860 15% below national
225 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $37,840 15% below national
226 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $37,820 15% below national
227 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,780 16% below national
228 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $37,770 16% below national
229 Greenville, NC $37,680 16% below national
230 Tyler, TX $37,660 16% below national
231 Lubbock, TX $37,650 16% below national
232 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $37,610 16% below national
233 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $37,600 16% below national
234 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $37,580 16% below national
235 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,570 16% below national
236 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,530 16% below national
237 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $37,520 16% below national
238 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $37,440 16% below national
239 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $37,410 16% below national
240 Omaha, NE-IA $37,400 16% below national
241 Oklahoma City, OK $37,390 16% below national
242 Canton-Massillon, OH $37,320 17% below national
243 Tucson, AZ $37,290 17% below national
244 Auburn-Opelika, AL $37,250 17% below national
245 Wichita Falls, TX $37,250 17% below national
246 Florence, SC $37,210 17% below national
247 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $37,190 17% below national
248 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $37,150 17% below national
249 Corpus Christi, TX $37,130 17% below national
250 Fort Smith, AR-OK $37,130 17% below national
251 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $37,120 17% below national
252 Greensboro-High Point, NC $37,110 17% below national
253 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,110 17% below national
254 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $37,070 17% below national
255 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $37,040 17% below national
256 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $36,960 17% below national
257 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $36,940 17% below national
258 Visalia, CA $36,900 18% below national
259 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $36,900 18% below national
260 Tulsa, OK $36,880 18% below national
261 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $36,880 18% below national
262 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $36,860 18% below national
263 Winston-Salem, NC $36,850 18% below national
264 Charleston, WV $36,820 18% below national
265 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $36,780 18% below national
266 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $36,600 18% below national
267 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $36,590 18% below national
268 Youngstown-Warren, OH $36,590 18% below national
269 Santa Fe, NM $36,570 18% below national
270 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $36,570 18% below national
271 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $36,560 18% below national
272 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $36,540 18% below national
273 Wilmington, NC $36,440 19% below national
274 Killeen-Temple, TX $36,430 19% below national
275 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $36,410 19% below national
276 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $36,360 19% below national
277 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $36,350 19% below national
278 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $36,340 19% below national
279 College Station-Bryan, TX $36,330 19% below national
280 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $36,300 19% below national
281 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $36,250 19% below national
282 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $36,160 19% below national
283 Albuquerque, NM $36,080 19% below national
284 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $36,040 19% below national
285 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $36,000 20% below national
286 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $35,980 20% below national
287 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,980 20% below national
288 Las Cruces, NM $35,970 20% below national
289 Jacksonville, NC $35,900 20% below national
290 Fayetteville, NC $35,860 20% below national
291 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $35,860 20% below national
292 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $35,830 20% below national
293 Rocky Mount, NC $35,740 20% below national
294 Hattiesburg, MS $35,610 20% below national
295 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,550 21% below national
296 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $35,490 21% below national
297 Columbus, GA-AL $35,430 21% below national
298 Longview, TX $35,280 21% below national
299 Yuma, AZ $35,270 21% below national
300 Cedar Rapids, IA $35,220 21% below national
301 Muncie, IN $35,080 22% below national
302 Lawton, OK $34,900 22% below national
303 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $34,860 22% below national
304 Laredo, TX $34,830 22% below national
305 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $33,280 26% below national
306 Valdosta, GA $30,590 32% below national
307 Albany, GA $29,400 34% below national
308 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $29,000 35% below national
309 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $27,390 39% below national

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