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Best cities for pest control technicians

Rank every metro by what matters to you: pay, buying power, rent and job market

Best cities for pest control technicians, balanced Our calculation

With balanced priorities, Sioux Falls, SD ranks first for pest control technicians: $48,460 median pay worth $53,470 after local prices. We ranked the 242 metros with enough published pest control technician data on pay, buying power, rent burden, job market size and unemployment.

  1. 1
    Sioux FallsSOUTH DAKOTA · SD · $48,460 median · $53,470 buying power · rent 26% of pay · 80 jobs
    86
  2. 2
    Des MoinesIOWA · IA · $48,200 median · $52,562 buying power · rent 28% of pay · 200 jobs
    84
  3. 3
    MilwaukeeWISCONSIN · WI · $47,300 median · $48,795 buying power · rent 27% of pay · 420 jobs
    83
  4. 4
    Sioux CityIOWA · IA · $48,500 median · $56,099 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 40 jobs
    82
  5. 5
    Baton RougeLOUISIANA · LA · $46,880 median · $51,641 buying power · rent 26% of pay · 390 jobs
    82
  6. 6
    LafayetteINDIANA · IN · $49,460 median · $52,938 buying power · rent 25% of pay · 30 jobs
    81
  7. 7
    RochesterNEW YORK · NY · $47,350 median · $48,797 buying power · rent 29% of pay · 310 jobs
    80
  8. 8
    HoumaLOUISIANA · LA · $46,090 median · $54,158 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 110 jobs
    80
  9. 9
    FargoNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $46,710 median · $51,403 buying power · rent 23% of pay · 40 jobs
    79
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    RenoNEVADA · NV · $58,910 median · $58,319 buying power · rent 29% of pay · 160 jobs
    79
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    RomeGEORGIA · GA · $46,750 median · $51,852 buying power · rent 25% of pay · 60 jobs
    78
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    SpokaneWASHINGTON · WA · $49,550 median · $49,379 buying power · rent 28% of pay · 200 jobs
    77
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    Grand JunctionCOLORADO · CO · $48,640 median · $50,945 buying power · rent 25% of pay · 70 jobs
    76
  14. 14
    JonesboroARKANSAS · AR · $47,070 median · $54,812 buying power · rent 22% of pay · 30 jobs
    75
  15. 15
    Prescott ValleyARIZONA · AZ · $49,030 median · $49,901 buying power · rent 30% of pay · 90 jobs
    73

Default weights: buying power 4, pay 3, rent 3, job market 2, unemployment 2. Change them below to re-rank.

Top 5 by each factor Government data

Highest pay

  1. Reno, NV: $58,910
  2. Seattle, WA: $58,380
  3. Kahului, HI: $55,390
  4. San Francisco, CA: $53,380
  5. San Jose, CA: $53,050

Most buying power

  1. Reno, NV: $58,319
  2. Sioux City, IA: $56,099
  3. Jonesboro, AR: $54,812
  4. Houma, LA: $54,158
  5. Sioux Falls, SD: $53,470

Lowest rent burden

  1. Lawton, OK: 21% of pay for a 1-bed
  2. Cedar Rapids, IA: 21% of pay for a 1-bed
  3. Jonesboro, AR: 22% of pay for a 1-bed
  4. Toledo, OH: 23% of pay for a 1-bed
  5. Fargo, ND: 23% of pay for a 1-bed

Most jobs

  1. New York, NY: 4,380 employed
  2. Atlanta, GA: 3,430 employed
  3. Dallas, TX: 2,870 employed
  4. Miami, FL: 2,480 employed
  5. Phoenix, AZ: 2,180 employed

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What matters to you? Our calculation

Pick a quick start or set your own weights. Each metro gets a percentile for every factor (compared with all metros for this trade), weighted by your sliders. Nothing is estimated: a metro needs at least 4 of the 5 figures published to be ranked, and results show when one is missing.

Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS May 2025. Buying power: BEA 2024. Rent: HUD FY2027. How we calculate

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