Pest Control Workers Career, Salary and Skills
Pest Control Workers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $45,250 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 102,620. Wage data is published for 298 locations.
Occupation description
Apply or release chemical solutions or toxic gases and set traps to kill or remove pests and vermin that infest buildings and surrounding areas.
O*NET code
37-2021.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$45,250
Hourly median
$21.75
Employment
102,620
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 3.75 | 3.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.75 | 3.38 |
| Writing | 3.62 | 3.00 |
| Speaking | 3.62 | 3.00 |
| Monitoring | 3.62 | 3.00 |
| Time Management | 3.50 | 3.00 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.38 | 2.88 |
| Service Orientation | 3.25 | 3.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.25 | 3.00 |
| Active Learning | 3.12 | 2.88 |
Typical tasks
- Record work activities performed.
- Clean work site after completion of job.
- Measure area dimensions requiring treatment, calculate fumigant requirements, and estimate cost for service.
- Spray or dust chemical solutions, powders, or gases into rooms, onto clothing, furnishings, or wood, or over marshlands, ditches, or catch basins.
- Recommend treatment and prevention methods for pest problems to clients.
- Inspect premises to identify infestation source and extent of damage to property, wall, or roof porosity and access to infested locations.
- Drive truck equipped with power spraying equipment.
- Direct, or assist other workers in, treatment or extermination processes to eliminate or control rodents, insects, or weeds.
Technology
- Database software
- Email software
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Marathon Data Systems PestPac
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Word
- Report writing software
- Supply inventory software
- Work scheduling software
- YouTube
Pest Control Workers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Pest Control Workers Salary in FLMedian $44,320 · Employment 12,400
- Pest Control Workers Salary in TXMedian $37,660 · Employment 9,470
- Pest Control Workers Salary in GAMedian $37,860 · Employment 5,770
- Pest Control Workers Salary in NCMedian $44,740 · Employment 4,870
- Pest Control Workers Salary in New York, NYMedian $49,940 · Employment 4,380
- Pest Control Workers Salary in NYMedian $48,530 · Employment 4,220
- Pest Control Workers Salary in Atlanta, GAMedian $38,920 · Employment 3,430
- Pest Control Workers Salary in TNMedian $39,690 · Employment 3,340
- Pest Control Workers Salary in AZMedian $44,430 · Employment 3,200
- Pest Control Workers Salary in VAMedian $45,950 · Employment 3,040
- Pest Control Workers Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $38,330 · Employment 2,870
- Pest Control Workers Salary in SCMedian $43,130 · Employment 2,660
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.