How to become a pest control technician in Connecticut

The path in Connecticut, step by step

Connecticut licenses pest control work at the state level through the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Pesticide Management Program. These are the steps it lays out, in order.

1. Get certified as a supervisory pesticide applicator, or employ someone who is.
2. Register the business online with DEEP before you take any work.
3. Pay the $240 yearly fee if you employ more than one certified applicator.
4. Put your PMBR number on your vehicles, ads and contracts.
5. Renew every year before August 31, and update your account within 30 days of any change.

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Finding an apprenticeship in Connecticut

Connecticut runs Registered Apprenticeship through its own State Apprenticeship Agency, recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor to register and oversee programs there. Its staff are state employees, and it may use the federal paperwork or forms of its own. Apprenticeship.gov lists the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Agency as the contact.

Either way, a registered program means paid work with a mentor, raises as you progress, classroom instruction and a credential recognized in every state. Search open spots in the Apprenticeship Job Finder.

Across the country. Pest control is learned mostly on the job rather than in a long apprenticeship. Training can usually be finished in less than 3 months.

License levels and exams in Connecticut

The license to aim for: Pesticide application business Certificate of Registration, plus supervisory applicator certification.

Keeping it. Every year. The Certificate of Registration runs from September 1 through August 31.

What the Connecticut license costs

The fees the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Pesticide Management Program lists. Exam fees from a testing company, insurance and any bond come on top.

What pest control technicians earn in Connecticut

The median pest control technician in Connecticut earned $23.56 an hour in May 2025, 4th of 50 states, with 880 on payrolls. The national median was $21.75.

At the bottom of the range, a quarter of pest control technicians in Connecticut earned under $22.67 an hour and a tenth under $18.98. At the top, a quarter earned over $24.09 and a tenth over $28.17.

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Jobs ahead in Connecticut

Connecticut's labor market office projects jobs for pest control technicians growing from 540 in 2022 to 630 in 2032, a change of 16.7%. Counting people who retire or change careers, that is about 80 openings a year.

Jobs are projected to grow 16.7% from 2022 to 2032, faster than the 3.2% projected nationally, ranking 10th of the 39 states in the file.

These are the state's own long-term projections, published together on Projections Central for the occupation group pest control workers.

Starting your own pest control technician business in Connecticut

To contract on your own in Connecticut, the license is the Pesticide application business Certificate of Registration, plus supervisory applicator certification.

Pricing comes next. Paying yourself the Connecticut median of $23.56 an hour, the labor rate calculator's starting numbers (one person, 2 unbilled hours a day, $90,000 of overhead, 15% profit) come to $111.96 per billable hour. Try your own in the labor rate calculator.

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