Highest-paying Cities for Pest Control Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for pest control workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of pest control workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $64,360, Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado is the highest paying city for pest control workers. It is followed by Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa (average annual salary $56,440). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of pest control workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Pest Control Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$64,360	$35,340	50
2	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$56,440	$25,370	40
3	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$53,190	$31,140	30
4	Framingham, Massachusetts	$52,490	$27,760	n/a
5	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$52,360	$38,550	50
6	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$50,670	$36,380	380
7	Madison, Wisconsin	$49,930	$37,380	90
8	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,350	$33,650	300
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,300	$30,450	540
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$49,250	$28,000	210
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,020	$42,840	1,150
12	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,970	$36,640	40
13	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$48,810	$40,540	90
14	Savannah, Georgia	$48,650	$29,910	210
15	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$48,330	$32,950	370
16	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$47,950	$32,060	50
17	Lincoln, Nebraska	$47,950	$32,010	70
18	Danbury, Connecticut	$47,920	$37,880	30
19	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$47,790	$36,880	40
20	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$47,660	$29,680	100
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,470	$39,350	690
22	Merced, California	$47,260	$36,480	60
23	Worcester, Massachusetts	$47,110	$39,270	140
24	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$47,020	$37,330	640
25	Kingston, New York	$46,850	$36,810	40
26	Bend, Oregon	$46,630	$30,610	30
27	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$46,630	$35,120	480
28	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$46,560	$34,000	180
29	Bangor, Maine	$46,540	$30,270	40
30	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$46,520	$36,620	4,190
31	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$46,400	$35,300	30
32	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$46,380	$38,550	1,060
33	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$46,060	$38,110	170
34	Salinas, California	$45,990	$36,340	120
35	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$45,970	$34,500	30
36	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$45,930	$35,670	130
37	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$45,900	$37,650	180
38	Springfield, Massachusetts	$45,870	$38,830	170
39	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$45,850	$28,010	50
40	Redding, California	$45,830	$35,360	100
41	Stockton, California	$45,720	$35,900	180
42	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$45,710	$33,610	450
43	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$45,620	$36,810	40
44	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$45,480	$35,770	130
45	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$45,450	$35,840	480
46	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$45,280	$36,200	80
47	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$45,220	$34,930	120
48	Akron, Ohio	$45,220	$35,370	120
49	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$45,190	$25,000	n/a
50	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$45,170	$35,350	50
51	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$45,040	$29,960	60
52	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$44,910	$36,850	90
53	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$44,600	$29,000	1,490
54	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$44,600	$31,720	560
55	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$44,500	$35,220	150
56	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$44,420	$34,850	140
57	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,410	$38,240	40
58	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$44,370	$32,620	30
59	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$44,360	$33,310	160
60	Modesto, California	$44,340	$35,200	170
61	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$44,260	$29,800	580
62	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$44,240	$34,930	240
63	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$44,220	$36,860	100
64	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$44,150	$27,780	70
65	Spokane, Washington	$44,130	$35,250	130
66	Yuba City, California	$44,060	$35,140	90
67	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$43,820	$24,820	40
68	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$43,740	$36,420	110
69	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$43,650	$36,070	3,270
70	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$43,640	$29,340	90
71	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$43,640	$35,790	1,400
72	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$43,560	$32,180	70
73	Charleston, West Virginia	$43,490	$29,450	50
74	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$43,460	$32,520	110
75	Brunswick, Georgia	$43,130	$28,840	90
76	Tacoma, Washington	$43,120	$29,550	120
77	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$43,100	$35,410	330
78	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$43,020	$28,750	70
79	Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$42,950	$26,870	30
80	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$42,940	$36,150	200
81	Olympia, Washington	$42,910	$37,090	90
82	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$42,760	$30,220	310
83	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$42,660	$34,150	120
84	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$42,250	$22,260	580
85	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$42,210	$35,440	180
86	Macon, Georgia	$41,920	$29,270	80
87	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$41,890	$33,340	1,140
88	Lynchburg, Virginia	$41,820	$32,080	70
89	Reading, Pennsylvania	$41,610	$34,790	100
90	Albany, Georgia	$41,520	$31,230	100
91	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$41,490	$21,820	90
92	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$41,430	$29,550	30
93	Florence, South Carolina	$41,360	$28,790	90
94	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$41,160	$22,590	650
95	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$41,030	$25,130	110
96	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$41,020	$31,960	40
97	Rochester, New York	$41,000	$31,200	190
98	Albany, Oregon	$40,920	$37,270	70
99	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$40,860	$35,880	60
100	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$40,800	$26,980	260

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for pest control workers.