Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
37-2021 Pest Control Workers
Apply or release chemical solutions or toxic gases and set traps to kill or remove pests and vermin that infest buildings and surrounding areas.
National estimates for Pest Control Workers
Industry profile for Pest Control Workers
Geographic profile for Pest Control Workers
National estimates for Pest Control Workers:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Pest Control Workers:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 93,760 |
0.9 % |
$ 21.46 |
$ 44,650 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Pest Control Workers:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 14.75 |
$ 17.65 |
$ 20.90 |
$ 23.27 |
$ 29.05 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 30,670 |
$ 36,710 |
$ 43,470 |
$ 48,400 |
$ 60,430 |
Industry profile for Pest Control Workers:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Pest Control Workers are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Pest Control Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Pest Control Workers:
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Pest Control Workers:
Top paying industries for Pest Control Workers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) |
260 |
0.01 |
$ 31.29 |
$ 65,080 |
| Facilities Support Services |
280 |
0.15 |
$ 26.94 |
$ 56,030 |
| Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
1,560 |
0.03 |
$ 25.58 |
$ 53,200 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
40 |
(7) |
$ 24.28 |
$ 50,500 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
180 |
(7) |
$ 23.82 |
$ 49,540 |
Geographic profile for Pest Control Workers:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Pest Control Workers are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Pest Control Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Pest Control Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Florida |
11,720 |
1.22 |
1.98 |
$ 23.41 |
$ 48,690 |
| California |
11,700 |
0.65 |
1.06 |
$ 22.29 |
$ 46,360 |
| Texas |
8,260 |
0.61 |
0.99 |
$ 19.84 |
$ 41,270 |
| Georgia |
5,830 |
1.23 |
1.98 |
$ 21.04 |
$ 43,770 |
| North Carolina |
4,150 |
0.86 |
1.40 |
$ 18.69 |
$ 38,880 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Pest Control Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Alabama |
2,530 |
1.23 |
1.99 |
$ 20.48 |
$ 42,600 |
| Georgia |
5,830 |
1.23 |
1.98 |
$ 21.04 |
$ 43,770 |
| Florida |
11,720 |
1.22 |
1.98 |
$ 23.41 |
$ 48,690 |
| South Carolina |
2,570 |
1.16 |
1.87 |
$ 18.45 |
$ 38,370 |
| Hawaii |
660 |
1.07 |
1.74 |
$ 19.25 |
$ 40,030 |
Top paying states for Pest Control Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Colorado |
940 |
0.33 |
0.54 |
$ 25.94 |
$ 53,960 |
| Massachusetts |
1,560 |
0.43 |
0.69 |
$ 25.86 |
$ 53,790 |
| Delaware |
270 |
0.58 |
0.93 |
$ 25.28 |
$ 52,580 |
| New Hampshire |
340 |
0.51 |
0.82 |
$ 24.76 |
$ 51,500 |
| New York |
3,730 |
0.40 |
0.64 |
$ 24.60 |
$ 51,170 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Pest Control Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
4,260 |
0.45 |
0.73 |
$ 24.67 |
$ 51,310 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
3,430 |
1.22 |
1.97 |
$ 21.62 |
$ 44,980 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
2,870 |
0.46 |
0.75 |
$ 22.49 |
$ 46,790 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2,610 |
0.66 |
1.07 |
$ 20.31 |
$ 42,250 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
2,490 |
0.91 |
1.48 |
$ 24.41 |
$ 50,770 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
2,190 |
0.96 |
1.55 |
$ 21.99 |
$ 45,740 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
1,820 |
0.57 |
0.93 |
$ 19.81 |
$ 41,190 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
1,530 |
1.12 |
1.82 |
$ 23.48 |
$ 48,830 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1,500 |
0.33 |
0.54 |
$ 21.11 |
$ 43,900 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
1,490 |
1.05 |
1.71 |
$ 23.83 |
$ 49,570 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Pest Control Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Punta Gorda, FL |
160 |
3.07 |
4.97 |
$ 22.73 |
$ 47,270 |
| Homosassa Springs, FL |
100 |
3.02 |
4.89 |
$ 21.59 |
$ 44,910 |
| Madera, CA |
140 |
2.67 |
4.33 |
$ 21.77 |
$ 45,280 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL |
140 |
2.18 |
3.53 |
$ 20.50 |
$ 42,640 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA |
200 |
2.18 |
3.53 |
$ 20.27 |
$ 42,160 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
380 |
2.10 |
3.41 |
$ 18.05 |
$ 37,540 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
110 |
2.06 |
3.34 |
$ 20.19 |
$ 42,000 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL |
320 |
1.95 |
3.15 |
$ 22.46 |
$ 46,720 |
| North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
610 |
1.88 |
3.05 |
$ 23.55 |
$ 48,980 |
| Gadsden, AL |
60 |
1.82 |
2.95 |
$ 20.54 |
$ 42,710 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Pest Control Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Fargo, ND-MN |
50 |
0.34 |
0.55 |
$ 35.33 |
$ 73,490 |
| Fort Collins, CO |
50 |
0.28 |
0.45 |
$ 26.46 |
$ 55,030 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,190 |
0.43 |
0.70 |
$ 26.35 |
$ 54,820 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
550 |
0.35 |
0.56 |
$ 25.77 |
$ 53,600 |
| Colorado Springs, CO |
90 |
0.30 |
0.48 |
$ 25.62 |
$ 53,280 |
| Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
200 |
1.25 |
2.02 |
$ 25.51 |
$ 53,050 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
110 |
0.78 |
1.27 |
$ 25.49 |
$ 53,020 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
580 |
0.28 |
0.45 |
$ 25.39 |
$ 52,810 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
540 |
0.48 |
0.77 |
$ 24.84 |
$ 51,680 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
50 |
0.53 |
0.86 |
$ 24.73 |
$ 51,440 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Pest Control Workers:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Pest Control Workers:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Pest Control Workers:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
