Pest Control Workers · SOC 37-2021

Pest Control Workers Salary in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.

Median annual wage$39,950
Median hourly wage$19.21

Pest Control Workers in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $39,950 per year ($19.21 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,670 at the 10th percentile to $60,050 at the 90th. BLS estimates 320 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Pest Control Workers in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $39,950 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,000 and $46,610.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$29,670$36,000$39,950$46,610$60,050
Hourly$14.26$17.31$19.21$22.41$28.87

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
    $39,950 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,000 to $46,610
  • $44,740 median for North Carolina; middle half earns $36,890 to $48,530
  • $45,250 median for United States; middle half earns $37,440 to $49,600

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −11% vs North Carolina overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for pest control workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

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    $39,950 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,000 to $46,610
  • $46,720 median for Durham metro area; middle half earns $39,220 to $57,480
  • $46,470 median for Raleigh metro area; middle half earns $38,530 to $49,330
  • $46,050 median for Asheville metro area; middle half earns $38,240 to $48,680
  • $45,250 median for Charlotte metro area; middle half earns $37,580 to $49,180
  • $44,600 median for Winston-Salem metro area; middle half earns $36,700 to $47,270
  • $44,460 median for Greensboro metro area; middle half earns $35,120 to $47,920

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Highest-paying metro areas for pest control workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.