- The middle half earn between $16.61 and $20.12 an hour.
- New Mexico is 50th of the 50 states with published figures, in the bottom ten for this trade.
- New Mexico pays less than all 5 neighboring states.
- BLS counts about 320 pest control technicians on payrolls in New Mexico.
- At the state median wage, a pest control company needs to bill about $101.88 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Pest Control Technician pay in New Mexico, 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 | $13.75 | $28,600 | $16.67 |
| 25th percentile | $16.61 | $34,540 | $18.00 |
| Median | $17.82 | $37,070 | $21.75 |
| 75th percentile | $20.12 | $41,850 | $23.85 |
| 90th percentile | $33.85 | $70,410 | $29.75 |
| Average (mean) | $19.72 | $41,010 | $22.31 |
Pay spreads out a lot in New Mexico. The bottom tenth earn $13.75 an hour or less while the top tenth earn $33.85 or more, a gap of 2.5 times against 1.8 nationally. Where a pest control technician sits on that range matters as much as the state.
The bottom of the scale is lower than nationally ($13.75 against $16.67) while the top is higher ($33.85 against $29.75), so the climb from new hire to top earner is longer here.
The average wage, $19.72, sits 11% above the median. A smaller group of higher earners pulls the average up, so the median is the better guide to what a typical pest control technician makes.
How New Mexico compares with other states
Over a full year, the New Mexico median of $37,070 is $8,180 less than the national $45,250.
Every other state with published figures pays at least as much. The next lowest is Mississippi at $17.89; the highest is Washington at $24.66.
Every one of the neighboring states pays pest control technicians more than New Mexico. The closest is Texas at $18.11, and the biggest gap is with Colorado.
BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs. Lower pay often comes with lower housing costs, so the gap in take-home value can be smaller than the gap in wages.
How many pest control technicians work in New Mexico
About 320 pest control technicians work on payrolls in New Mexico, 0.3% of the 102,620 nationwide, the 40th largest count among the states.
It is a smaller part of local jobs than in most of the country, at 0.4 per 1,000 jobs, 0.56 times the national share.
What a pest control company in New Mexico should charge
A lower wage helps the price less than you might expect, because the overhead does not shrink with it. Here is a pest control company in New Mexico paying the state median of $17.82, on the labor rate calculator's 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 | $17.82 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $39,901 |
| Break-even rate | ($39,901 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $86.60 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $86.60 ÷ 0.85 | $101.88 |
That is $101.88 per billable hour, 5.7 times the wage, and $6.90 less than the $108.78 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $20.12 in New Mexico, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $105.92.
A cheaper crew saves less than it seems: at the 25th percentile wage of $16.61, the rate only drops to $99.76.
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 New Mexico
- Licensing. What New Mexico asks for before you can work on your own: Pest control license in New Mexico.
- 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.