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Pest Control Workers

SOC 37-2021

Inspect for and eliminate pests in homes and businesses.

The job
Median pay
$45k
$37k to $50k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+5.5% projected
Openings a year
14k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
4th pct
More exposed than 4% of occupations · modeled estimate · 39th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
54/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Florida12,4001.21.9×$44k
California11,4890.61.0×$47k~
Texas9,4700.71.0×$38k
Georgia5,7701.21.8×$38k
North Carolina4,8701.01.5×$45k
New York4,2200.40.7×$49k
Tennessee3,3401.01.5×$40k
Arizona3,2001.01.5×$44k
Virginia3,0400.71.1×$46k
South Carolina2,6601.21.8×$43k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Alabama2,5401.21.8×$38k
Illinois2,4700.40.6×$46k
New Jersey2,2700.50.8×$49k
Pennsylvania2,2600.40.6×$46k
Ohio2,1700.40.6×$40k
Louisiana1,9301.01.5×$45k
Massachusetts1,9000.50.8×$46k
Indiana1,6700.50.8×$39k
Maryland1,6700.60.9×$47k
Michigan1,4600.30.5×$44k
Missouri1,4400.50.7×$43k
Washington1,4300.40.6×$51k
Oklahoma1,3100.81.2×$39k
Wisconsin1,0600.40.6×$45k
Utah1,0500.60.9×$45k
Arkansas1,0300.81.2×$38k
Kentucky1,0300.50.8×$42k
Colorado9700.30.5×$49k
Mississippi9600.81.3×$37k
Connecticut8800.50.8×$49k
Nevada7900.50.8×$49k
Kansas7600.50.8×$39k
Hawaii7401.21.8×$49k
Oregon7400.40.6×$47k
Minnesota6700.20.3×$42k
Idaho6200.71.1×$40k
Iowa5400.30.5×$45k
Washington DC5110.71.1×$47k~
Nebraska4600.40.7×$39k
West Virginia4600.71.0×$38k
Maine3200.50.8×$48k
New Mexico3200.40.6×$37k
Delaware3000.60.9×$45k
Rhode Island2700.50.8×$45k
New Hampshire2600.40.6×$48k
South Dakota1900.40.6×$50k
North Dakota1200.30.4×$48k
Montana1000.20.3×$42k
Vermont800.30.4×$46k
Wyoming500.20.3×$45k
Alaska400.10.2×$47k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4,380 jobs · $50k median
  2. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA3,430 jobs · $39k median
  3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,870 jobs · $38k median
  4. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,480 jobs · $45k median
  5. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ2,180 jobs · $45k median
  6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,170 jobs · $37k median
  7. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA1,860 jobs · $48k median
  8. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL1,820 jobs · $45k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.