Pest control workers

About

Pest control workers are most often employed by the Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) industry. The average yearly wage for Pest control workers was $38,850 in 2020.

The locations that employ the most Pest control workers are St. Lucie County (South) PUMA, FL, Mint Hill & Matthews (North) Towns PUMA, NC, and Hawaii County PUMA, HI. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Pest control workers are Apache Junction City PUMA, AZ, Madera City PUMA, CA, and Mint Hill & Matthews (North) Towns PUMA, NC.

Service Occupations Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations

Employment and salary information for the Pest control workers workforce. Pest control workers workforce in 2020 was 80,886 people, of which 4.95% were women and 95% were men. Pest control workers are paid most in Mount Pleasant Town PUMA, SC but are relatively concentrated in Apache Junction City PUMA, AZ.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

76,881

Male Workforce

± 6.81k

4,005

Female Workforce

± 1.55k

The Pest control workers workforce in 2020 was 80,886 people (4.95% women and 95% men). This implies an average annual growth of 28.5% between 2014 (62,924) and 2020 (80,886).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Pest control workers.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Wisconsin ($56,327), Oregon ($52,518), and Minnesota ($50,392).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$38,850

AVERAGE WAGE

#372 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Pest control workers earned an average of $38,850, $17,104 less than the average national salary of $55,954

The graph shows the ranking of Pest control workers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.292

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Pest control workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.292, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Pest control workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Pest control workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Pest control workers and on wages for those in the field. Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) is the industry that employs the most Pest control workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Pest control workers, by average wage, is Farm supplies merchant wholesalers ($76,155).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

80.9k

2020 Workforce

± 6,981

3.45%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 11.9%

This graphic shows the share of Pest control workers employed by various industries. Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction) employs the largest share of Pest control workers at 98.6%, followed by Landscaping services with 0.79% and Elementary & secondary schools with 0.588%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Pest control workers in the US. The workforce of Pest control workers in 2020 was 80,886 people, with 4.95% woman, and 95% men. The average age of male Pest control workers in the workforce is 40.9 and of female Pest control workers is 37.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Pest control workers is White.

Gender and Age

Metric

The workforce of Pest control workers in 2020 was 80,886 people, with 4.95% woman, and 95% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (11,344 people), 30 to 34 years (10,732 people), and 35 to 39 years (9,462 people). Among them they concentrated 39.2% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 18.7% of Pest control workers workers were Hispanic and 81.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (75.3%), Puerto Rican (18.6)%, and Cuban (6.08)%

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Races

In 2020, 77.7% of the Pest control workers workforce were White, of which 5.21% were women and 94.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.6%) and Two or More Races (4.89%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Pest control workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Pest control workers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Agriculture.

Among the necessary skills for Pest control workers, Critical Thinking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Pest control workers need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Pest control workers in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (2,269 people), Agriculture (777 people), and Engineering (614 people).

You can review this information for different academic grades by modifying the option selected in the selector above.

Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Pest control workers workers were High School or Equivalent (35,957 people), Some college (22,660 people), and Bachelors Degree (7,628 people).

The graphic shows the Pest control workers workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

Chart

Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Pest control workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pest control workers need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Writing.

Projections

Projections on job growth for Pest Control Workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.71%, but Pest Control Workers are expected to see a growth of 8.45% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow more than the national average.

Job Growth

8.45%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

3.71%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Pest control workers. This profession is expected to grow more than than 3.71%, the average rate of national job growth.

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