- The middle half earn between $17.14 and $23.30 an hour.
- Louisiana ranks 27th of the 50 states with published figures for median pay in this trade.
- Louisiana pays more than all 3 neighboring states.
- BLS counts about 1,930 pest control technicians on payrolls in Louisiana.
- At the state median wage, a pest control company needs to bill about $108.22 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Pest Control Technician pay in Louisiana, bottom to top
The BLS group is pest control workers: the technicians who inspect, treat and set traps in homes and businesses.
| Pay level | Hourly | Yearly | National hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $13.39 | $27,850 | $16.67 |
| 25th percentile | $17.14 | $35,660 | $18.00 |
| Median | $21.43 | $44,570 | $21.75 |
| 75th percentile | $23.30 | $48,450 | $23.85 |
| 90th percentile | $27.99 | $58,220 | $29.75 |
| Average (mean) | $20.80 | $43,260 | $22.31 |
Pay spreads out a lot in Louisiana. The bottom tenth earn $13.39 an hour or less while the top tenth earn $27.99 or more, a gap of 2.1 times against 1.8 nationally. Where a pest control technician sits on that range matters as much as the state.
Both ends trail the national figures. The bottom tenth earn $3.28 an hour less than the bottom tenth nationally, and the top tenth $1.76 less than the national top tenth.
The average wage ($20.80) is a little under the median, so the low end of the range stretches further than the high end in Louisiana.
How Louisiana compares with other states
Over a full year the gap to the national median is small: $44,570 in Louisiana against $45,250 nationally, $680 less.
In the state ranking, Louisiana sits 27th, between Utah ($21.51) and Wyoming ($21.40). The range runs from $17.82 in New Mexico to $24.66 in Washington.
Louisiana pays pest control technicians more than any of its neighboring states, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas. Someone working near the border can earn more by taking work on this side of it.
| Neighboring state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against Louisiana |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | $21.43 | $44,570 | |
| Arkansas | $18.13 | $37,710 | −$3.30 an hour |
| Mississippi | $17.89 | $37,200 | −$3.54 an hour |
| Texas | $18.11 | $37,660 | −$3.32 an hour |
How many pest control technicians work in Louisiana
About 1,930 pest control technicians work on payrolls in Louisiana, 1.9% of the 102,620 nationwide, the 15th largest count among the states.
The trade is a bigger part of the local job market than it is nationally: 1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in Louisiana, 1.5 times the national share.
What a pest control company in Louisiana should charge
Say you run a pest control company in Louisiana and pay the state median of $21.43 an hour. Here is the labor rate calculator's math on its starting numbers: 40-hour weeks, 10 paid days off, 2 unbilled hours a day, 7.65% payroll taxes, $90,000 a year of overhead and 15% profit.
| Step | Math | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Paid hours | 40 × 52 | 2,080 |
| Hours at work | 2,080 − 10 days × 8 | 2,000 |
| Billable hours | 2,000 × 6 ÷ 8 | 1,500 |
| Labor cost | $21.43 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $47,984 |
| Break-even rate | ($47,984 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $91.99 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $91.99 ÷ 0.85 | $108.22 |
That is $108.22 per billable hour, 5.1 times the wage, and almost the same as the $108.78 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $23.30 in Louisiana, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $111.51.
A cheaper crew saves less than it seems: at the 25th percentile wage of $17.14, the rate only drops to $100.69.
At this wage, overhead is most of the price: $60 of every billed hour goes to it before anyone is paid. Spreading the same overhead over more billable hours, with a second person or less drive time, brings the rate down fastest.
Run it with your own numbers in the labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Working as a pest control technician in Louisiana
- Licensing. What Louisiana asks for before you can work on your own: Pest control license in Louisiana.
- Running the business. Quotes, invoices, booking and your website in one place: how pest control companies run on Koira.
- Getting found. The free Koira report checks how your business shows up in search and on maps against shops near you.
Where these numbers come from
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
The figures are the BLS state estimates for SOC 37-2021, pest control workers, across all industries, read straight from the May 2025 state data file. They cover wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. Where BLS did not publish a figure, this page leaves it out.
All states in one table: pest control technician salary by state.