Pest Control Workers · SOC 37-2021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Pest Control Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for pest control workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 245 metro areas

Pest Control Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Reno, NV	$58,910	160	0.6
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$58,380	670	0.3
3	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$55,390	100	1.3
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$53,380	1,210	0.5
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$53,050	590	0.5
6	Kingston, NY	$52,700	50	0.9
7	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$50,440	50	0.6
8	Vallejo, CA	$50,420	110	0.7
9	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$50,110	570	0.4
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$49,940	4,380	0.5
11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$49,750	180	0.5
12	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$49,550	200	0.8
13	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$49,460	50	0.3
14	Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$49,460	30	0.3
15	New Haven, CT	$49,330	150	0.5
16	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$49,240	540	0.5
17	Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	$49,030	90	1.2
18	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$48,860	30	0.2
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$48,670	340	0.6
20	Grand Junction, CO	$48,640	70	1.1
21	Urban Honolulu, HI	$48,530	400	0.9
22	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	$48,500	40	0.5
23	Colorado Springs, CO	$48,480	100	0.3
24	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$48,460	80	0.4
25	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$48,420	1,860	1.7

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Pest Control Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.