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Pest Control Workers · SOC 37-2021

Pest Control Workers Salary in the New Orleans Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area

Figures describe the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not New Orleans city limits.

Median annual wage$46,610
Median hourly wage$22.41

Pest Control Workers in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area earned a median of $46,610 per year ($22.41 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,510 at the 10th percentile to $59,700 at the 90th. BLS estimates 450 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Pest Control Workers in the New Orleans metro area earn more than $46,610 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,420 and $50,480.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,510$37,420$46,610$50,480$59,700
Hourly$15.63$17.99$22.41$24.27$28.70

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

  • New Orleans metro areathis metro area
    $46,610
  • Louisianastate (LA)
    $44,570
  • United Statesnational
    $45,250

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

The median here is +5% vs Louisiana overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$23,570$35,350$47,130$58,910San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,570Laredo, TX — $28,370Valdosta, GA — $29,310Albany, GA — $30,310El Paso, TX — $30,330Hattiesburg, MS — $33,180Burlington, NC — $33,560Columbus, GA-AL — $33,770Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $34,400Tyler, TX — $34,940Killeen-Temple, TX — $35,210Wichita Falls, TX — $35,690St. George, UT — $35,780Amarillo, TX — $35,890Savannah, GA — $35,970McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $36,060Johnson City, TN — $36,190Lake Charles, LA — $36,350Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $36,410Muncie, IN — $36,420Waco, TX — $36,420College Station-Bryan, TX — $36,450Albuquerque, NM — $36,560Lubbock, TX — $36,780Yuma, AZ — $36,780Monroe, LA — $36,820Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,900Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $37,120Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,200Corpus Christi, TX — $37,270Sebring, FL — $37,280Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,310Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $37,360San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,410South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $37,420Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $37,430Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $37,440Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $37,450Fort Wayne, IN — $37,630Tucson, AZ — $37,670Santa Fe, NM — $37,700Jackson, MS — $37,730Wichita, KS — $37,810Visalia, CA — $37,820Alexandria, LA — $37,840Auburn-Opelika, AL — $37,850Wilmington, NC — $37,920Charleston, WV — $37,950Montgomery, AL — $37,990Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,060Manhattan, KS — $38,070Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $38,090Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,100Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $38,110Eau Claire, WI — $38,130Jacksonville, NC — $38,140Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $38,330Chattanooga, TN-GA — $38,410Dothan, AL — $38,410Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $38,410Fort Smith, AR-OK — $38,410Gainesville, GA — $38,410Jackson, TN — $38,410Omaha, NE-IA — $38,430Texarkana, TX-AR — $38,440Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $38,500Canton-Massillon, OH — $38,560Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $38,740Decatur, AL — $38,760Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $38,910Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $38,920Merced, CA — $38,950Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $39,110Elizabethtown, KY — $39,150Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,150Lafayette, LA — $39,150Macon-Bibb County, GA — $39,200Birmingham, AL — $39,300Huntsville, AL — $39,300Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $39,310Tallahassee, FL — $39,350Madison, WI — $39,520Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $39,530Idaho Falls, ID — $39,600Oklahoma City, OK — $39,610Tulsa, OK — $39,670Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $39,730Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,860Clarksville, TN-KY — $40,150Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $40,150Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $40,280Columbus, OH — $40,460Reading, PA — $40,800Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $41,080Evansville, IN — $41,440Mobile, AL — $41,450Springfield, MO — $41,450Knoxville, TN — $41,710Cleveland, OH — $42,150Fayetteville, NC — $42,760Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $42,890Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $43,130Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $43,230Columbia, MO — $43,370Kansas City, MO-KS — $43,500Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,530Jacksonville, FL — $43,580Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $43,600Lynchburg, VA — $43,680Homosassa Springs, FL — $43,960Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $44,080Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $44,130Lincoln, NE — $44,170Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,170Lawton, OK — $44,210Medford, OR — $44,220Warner Robins, GA — $44,250Gainesville, FL — $44,300Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,350Boise City, ID — $44,360Pittsburgh, PA — $44,370Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $44,430Florence, SC — $44,460Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,460Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $44,470Punta Gorda, FL — $44,470Terre Haute, IN — $44,470Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $44,490Akron, OH — $44,520Winston-Salem, NC — $44,600Columbia, SC — $44,620Dover, DE — $44,650Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,690Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,690York-Hanover, PA — $44,700Logan, UT-ID — $44,720Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $44,800North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $44,830Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $44,860Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $44,890Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $44,910Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $44,930Champaign-Urbana, IL — $44,990Eugene-Springfield, OR — $44,990Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $44,990Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $45,110Chico, CA — $45,130Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $45,150Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,190St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,230Lexington-Fayette, KY — $45,240Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,250Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,250Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $45,260Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $45,270Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $45,280Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,290Lancaster, PA — $45,290Peoria, IL — $45,360Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $45,390Redding, CA — $45,420Toledo, OH — $45,430Rockford, IL — $45,440Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,450Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $45,460Ogden, UT — $45,470Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $45,570Coeur d'Alene, ID — $45,600Syracuse, NY — $45,670Yuba City, CA — $45,690Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $45,700Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $45,710Fresno, CA — $45,730Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,740Ocala, FL — $45,750Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $45,780Richmond, VA — $45,800Asheville, NC — $46,050Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $46,090Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $46,100Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $46,110Traverse City, MI — $46,150Barnstable Town, MA — $46,160Roanoke, VA — $46,240Greeley, CO — $46,280Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,450Raleigh-Cary, NC — $46,470New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $46,610Salem, OR — $46,690Fargo, ND-MN — $46,710Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,720Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $46,740Rome, GA — $46,750Springfield, IL — $46,850Bangor, ME — $46,870Baton Rouge, LA — $46,880Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,020Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $47,060Jonesboro, AR — $47,070El Centro, CA — $47,100Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $47,160Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,190Stockton-Lodi, CA — $47,240Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $47,260Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,300Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $47,330Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,340Rochester, NY — $47,350Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $47,430San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,470Modesto, CA — $47,480Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $47,610Spartanburg, SC — $47,630Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $47,720Salinas, CA — $47,860San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $48,000Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,010Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $48,140Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $48,200Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,340Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $48,420Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $48,460Colorado Springs, CO — $48,480Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $48,500Urban Honolulu, HI — $48,530Grand Junction, CO — $48,640Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,670Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $48,860Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $49,030Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $49,240New Haven, CT — $49,330Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $49,460Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,460Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,550Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $49,750New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $49,940Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $50,110Vallejo, CA — $50,420Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $50,440Kingston, NY — $52,700San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $53,050San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $53,380Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $55,390Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,380Reno, NV — $58,910

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The New Orleans metro area has the 58th-highest published median for this occupation among the 245 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Louisiana

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

  • New Orleans metro areathis page
    $46,610
  • Baton Rouge metro area
    $46,880
  • Houma metro area
    $46,090
  • Slidell metro area
    $45,710
  • Shreveport metro area
    $43,230
  • Lafayette metro area
    $39,150
  • Alexandria metro area
    $37,840

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

Keep exploring

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

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$30,020Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$27,910Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$35,410First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$40,270First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$48,060Building Cleaning Workers, All Other$29,530

Highest-paying metro areas for pest control workerss · Highest-paying occupations in New Orleans Metro

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.