Termite Technician / WDO Inspector: metro pay ranking
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Skilled Trades Headhunters compares published medians for SOC 37-2021 Pest Control Workers, not estimated offers for this particular title.
Which metros publish the highest and lowest medians?
This ranking uses the May 2025 annual median for Pest Control Workers. It is not adjusted for living costs. A metro is a BLS statistical area, not just the city limits. Top-coded or suppressed medians are not ranked.
The wage ratio is simple arithmetic: this occupation's median divided by the all-occupations median in the same area and unit. It is not a cost-of-living measure. Location quotient describes the concentration of employment, not relative pay. Neither predicts what a particular candidate will accept.
Where does this trade pay most relative to local wages?
| Area | Wage ratio | Median | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reno, NV | 1.19 | $58,910 | 0.86 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 1.11 | $47,070 | 0.77 |
| Rome, GA | 1.10 | $46,750 | 1.98 |
| Homosassa Springs, FL | 1.06 | $43,960 | 4.43 |
| Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 1.06 | $49,030 | 1.81 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 1.06 | $49,240 | 0.73 |
| Kingston, NY | 1.05 | $52,700 | 1.4 |
| Lawton, OK | 1.05 | $44,210 | 1.53 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 1.05 | $45,710 | 1.69 |
| El Centro, CA | 1.04 | $47,100 | 0.94 |
| Ocala, FL | 1.04 | $45,750 | 2.62 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 1.03 | $48,500 | 0.73 |
| Florence, SC | 1.02 | $44,460 | 2.02 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 1.01 | $49,460 | 0.46 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 1.01 | $46,090 | 2.06 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 1.01 | $48,460 | 0.68 |
| Salinas, CA | 1.01 | $47,860 | 1.04 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 1.01 | $36,060 | 0.42 |
| Dothan, AL | 1.01 | $38,410 | 2.25 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 1.00 | $38,100 | 2.77 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 1.00 | $48,640 | 1.65 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 1.00 | $47,610 | 0.65 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 1.00 | $47,630 | 0.63 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1.00 | $38,500 | 2.89 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 0.99 | $45,150 | 2.54 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 0.99 | $44,470 | 1.07 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 0.99 | $47,340 | 1.62 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 0.99 | $44,430 | 2.36 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 0.99 | $45,740 | 0.49 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 0.99 | $46,610 | 1.53 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 0.98 | $43,130 | 3.29 |
| Asheville, NC | 0.98 | $46,050 | 1.27 |
| Roanoke, VA | 0.98 | $46,240 | 0.93 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 0.98 | $44,470 | 5.36 |
| Bangor, ME | 0.98 | $46,870 | 0.63 |
| Fresno, CA | 0.97 | $45,730 | 1.53 |
| Traverse City, MI | 0.97 | $46,150 | 1.46 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 0.97 | $38,410 | 1.17 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 0.97 | $37,850 | 3.25 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 0.97 | $38,410 | 2.28 |
| Monroe, LA | 0.97 | $36,820 | 1.45 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 0.96 | $44,720 | 0.77 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 0.96 | $43,230 | 1.12 |
| Rockford, IL | 0.96 | $45,440 | 0.41 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 0.96 | $47,240 | 1.18 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 0.96 | $46,880 | 1.43 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 0.96 | $44,600 | 1.13 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 0.96 | $44,690 | 2.47 |
| Columbia, SC | 0.96 | $44,620 | 1.7 |
| Kahului-Wailuku, HI | 0.96 | $55,390 | 1.95 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 0.96 | $44,800 | 1.67 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 0.96 | $44,130 | 1.4 |
| Dover, DE | 0.96 | $44,650 | 1.14 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 0.95 | $45,600 | 0.76 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 0.95 | $44,460 | 1.43 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 0.95 | $45,260 | 1.44 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 0.95 | $45,700 | 2.23 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 0.95 | $44,490 | 2.96 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 0.95 | $38,140 | 2.06 |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 0.95 | $44,930 | 2.66 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 0.95 | $43,680 | 0.8 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 0.95 | $48,000 | 1.5 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 0.94 | $44,830 | 2.44 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 0.94 | $34,400 | 0.64 |
| Gainesville, FL | 0.94 | $44,300 | 1.14 |
| Toledo, OH | 0.94 | $45,430 | 0.57 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 0.94 | $46,100 | 0.42 |
| Lancaster, PA | 0.94 | $45,290 | 0.53 |
| Chico, CA | 0.94 | $45,130 | 2.55 |
| Modesto, CA | 0.94 | $47,480 | 1.22 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 0.94 | $42,760 | 1.81 |
| Lafayette, LA | 0.94 | $39,150 | 1.8 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 0.93 | $45,250 | 1.36 |
| Alexandria, LA | 0.93 | $37,840 | 1.87 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 0.93 | $45,240 | 0.57 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 0.93 | $48,200 | 0.76 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 0.93 | $45,110 | 0.86 |
| Ogden, UT | 0.93 | $45,470 | 0.99 |
| Redding, CA | 0.93 | $45,420 | 2.46 |
| HVAC manufacturers-Hanover, PA | 0.93 | $44,700 | 0.7 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 0.93 | $45,450 | 2.08 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 0.93 | $44,080 | 0.39 |
| Rochester, NY | 0.92 | $47,350 | 0.96 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 0.92 | $47,300 | 0.78 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 0.92 | $45,190 | 1.91 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 0.92 | $44,890 | 1.33 |
| Sebring, FL | 0.92 | $37,280 | 2.81 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 0.92 | $50,440 | 0.84 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 0.92 | $48,480 | 0.5 |
| Columbia, MO | 0.92 | $43,370 | 0.53 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 0.92 | $45,290 | 0.58 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 0.92 | $47,160 | 1.12 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 0.92 | $45,270 | 1.7 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 0.91 | $46,710 | 0.38 |
| Peoria, IL | 0.91 | $45,360 | 0.96 |
| Yuba City, CA | 0.91 | $45,690 | 2.13 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 0.91 | $44,170 | 0.89 |
| Akron, OH | 0.91 | $44,520 | 0.65 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 0.91 | $44,250 | 1.63 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 0.91 | $47,060 | 1.09 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 0.91 | $46,110 | 0.42 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 0.91 | $49,550 | 1.21 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 0.91 | $44,990 | 0.6 |
| Springfield, MO | 0.91 | $41,450 | 1.03 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 0.91 | $44,910 | 0.87 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 0.91 | $45,250 | 1.42 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 0.90 | $45,230 | 0.75 |
| Boise City, ID | 0.90 | $44,360 | 1.26 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 0.90 | $40,150 | 1.91 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 0.89 | $49,460 | 0.41 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 0.89 | $46,470 | 1.67 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 0.89 | $44,370 | 0.57 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 0.89 | $43,580 | 2.04 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 0.89 | $45,460 | 0.78 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 0.89 | $47,020 | 0.59 |
| Evansville, IN | 0.89 | $41,440 | 1.78 |
| Richmond, VA | 0.89 | $45,800 | 0.98 |
| Texarkana, TX-AR | 0.89 | $38,440 | 1.23 |
| Springfield, IL | 0.89 | $46,850 | 1.12 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 0.89 | $44,990 | 0.44 |
| Lincoln, NE | 0.89 | $44,170 | 0.64 |
| Medford, OR | 0.89 | $44,220 | 0.59 |
| Knoxville, TN | 0.89 | $41,710 | 1.64 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 0.89 | $43,530 | 1.95 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 0.88 | $46,450 | 1.58 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 0.88 | $39,110 | 3.39 |
| Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 0.88 | $39,730 | 2.49 |
| Mobile, AL | 0.88 | $41,450 | 1.85 |
| Jackson, MS | 0.88 | $37,730 | 1.02 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 0.88 | $44,350 | 1.45 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 0.88 | $33,180 | 1.66 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 0.88 | $38,060 | 1.76 |
| Lubbock, TX | 0.87 | $36,780 | 0.94 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 0.87 | $47,260 | 0.7 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 0.87 | $44,690 | 1.39 |
| Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 0.87 | $36,410 | 3.71 |
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 0.87 | $39,200 | 1.28 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 0.87 | $41,080 | 1.19 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 0.87 | $39,150 | 1.14 |
| Syracuse, NY | 0.86 | $45,670 | 0.51 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 0.86 | $40,150 | 1.19 |
| Vallejo, CA | 0.86 | $50,420 | 1.11 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 0.86 | $39,530 | 2.11 |
| Jackson, TN | 0.86 | $38,410 | 1.79 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 0.86 | $43,500 | 0.8 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 0.85 | $42,890 | 0.59 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 0.85 | $46,740 | 0.57 |
| commercial-vehicle manufacturers-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 0.85 | $44,470 | 0.58 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 0.85 | $48,860 | 0.36 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 0.85 | $39,860 | 1.62 |
| Tulsa, OK | 0.85 | $39,670 | 1.23 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | 0.85 | $48,340 | 1.13 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 0.85 | $48,530 | 1.35 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 0.85 | $48,140 | 1.63 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 0.85 | $39,600 | 0.66 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 0.85 | $39,350 | 1.35 |
| Montgomery, AL | 0.85 | $37,990 | 1.11 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 0.84 | $47,190 | Not published by BLS |
| Salem, OR | 0.84 | $46,690 | 0.48 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 0.84 | $38,110 | 0.93 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 0.84 | $38,560 | 0.77 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 0.84 | $38,910 | 2.44 |
| Cleveland, OH | 0.84 | $42,150 | 0.45 |
| Greeley, CO | 0.84 | $46,280 | 0.83 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 0.84 | $37,430 | 1.52 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 0.84 | $39,610 | 1.28 |
| Visalia, CA | 0.84 | $37,820 | 1.73 |
| Decatur, AL | 0.84 | $38,760 | 1.77 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 0.84 | $40,280 | 0.98 |
| Gainesville, GA | 0.84 | $38,410 | 1.12 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 0.84 | $39,150 | 1.02 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 0.84 | $44,860 | 0.85 |
| Yuma, AZ | 0.83 | $36,780 | 1.23 |
| Johnson City, TN | 0.83 | $36,190 | 1.68 |
| Manhattan, KS | 0.83 | $38,070 | 1.1 |
| Charleston, WV | 0.83 | $37,950 | 0.96 |
| Wilmington, NC | 0.83 | $37,920 | 2.83 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 0.83 | $35,690 | 0.85 |
| Muncie, IN | 0.83 | $36,420 | 1.9 |
| Reading, PA | 0.83 | $40,800 | 0.66 |
| Merced, CA | 0.82 | $38,950 | 1.32 |
| Birmingham, AL | 0.82 | $39,300 | 1.92 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 0.82 | $38,410 | 1.6 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 0.82 | $37,270 | 0.94 |
| New Haven, CT | 0.82 | $49,330 | 0.82 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 0.82 | $36,450 | 0.88 |
| Tyler, TX | 0.82 | $34,940 | 1.43 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 0.82 | $46,160 | 1.93 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 0.81 | $37,310 | 1.31 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 0.81 | $44,990 | 0.49 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 0.81 | $49,940 | 0.7 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 0.81 | $48,670 | 0.85 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 0.81 | $48,420 | 2.61 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 0.81 | $49,750 | 0.68 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 0.81 | $47,470 | 1.21 |
| Amarillo, TX | 0.81 | $35,890 | 0.65 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 0.80 | $50,110 | 0.54 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 0.80 | $37,420 | 0.97 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 0.80 | $58,380 | 0.49 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 0.80 | $38,090 | 0.88 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | 0.80 | $23,570 | 0.5 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 0.80 | $37,410 | 0.99 |
| Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 0.80 | $37,440 | 1.56 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 0.80 | $36,350 | 1.74 |
| Wichita, KS | 0.79 | $37,810 | 0.72 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 0.79 | $38,130 | 1.46 |
| St. George, UT | 0.79 | $35,780 | 1.48 |
| Waco, TX | 0.79 | $36,420 | 0.8 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 0.79 | $37,630 | 0.66 |
| Tucson, AZ | 0.79 | $37,670 | 2.12 |
| Columbus, OH | 0.79 | $40,460 | 0.69 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 0.79 | $39,310 | 0.69 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 0.79 | $38,740 | 0.8 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 0.78 | $47,430 | 0.62 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 0.78 | $45,390 | 0.91 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 0.78 | $33,770 | 2.2 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 0.78 | $45,780 | 0.97 |
| Santa Fe, NM | 0.77 | $37,700 | 1.13 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 0.77 | $38,430 | 0.75 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 0.77 | $47,720 | 0.93 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 0.77 | $46,720 | 0.93 |
| El Paso, TX | 0.77 | $30,330 | 0.56 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 0.77 | $43,600 | 1.29 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 0.76 | $37,120 | 0.67 |
| Burlington, NC | 0.76 | $33,560 | 1.18 |
| Laredo, TX | 0.76 | $28,370 | 0.64 |
| Savannah, GA | 0.76 | $35,970 | 1.72 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 0.76 | $36,560 | 0.67 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 0.76 | $38,920 | 1.8 |
| Huntsville, AL | 0.76 | $39,300 | 1.57 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 0.76 | $36,900 | 1.4 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 0.75 | $35,210 | 1 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 0.75 | $45,280 | 0.62 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 0.75 | $37,200 | 1 |
| Valdosta, GA | 0.75 | $29,310 | 2.02 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 0.75 | $47,330 | 0.67 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 0.75 | $38,330 | 1.07 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 0.72 | $53,380 | 0.77 |
| Albany, GA | 0.69 | $30,310 | Not published by BLS |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 0.69 | $37,360 | 0.62 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 0.68 | $45,570 | 0.65 |
| Madison, WI | 0.68 | $39,520 | 0.45 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 0.68 | $48,010 | 0.79 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 0.63 | $37,450 | 0.45 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 0.63 | $53,050 | 0.79 |
Broader occupation Our title "Termite Technician / WDO Inspector" is reported by BLS as SOC 37-2021 Pest Control Workers. BLS groups Termite Technician / WDO Inspector within Pest Control Workers; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately.
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