PEST CONTROL PRICING GUIDE
Pest control pricing: what to charge in 2026
The 2026 US prices for a one-time treatment, a monthly or quarterly plan and the initial visit, what each pest pays, what to add for bait stations, nests and exclusion, the pricing formula from your costs to a margin — and a free calculator that turns them into a price you can put on your website.
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The short answer
Pest control companies charge $100 to $300 for a one-time residential treatment and $40 to $80 a visit on a monthly or quarterly plan (Housecall Pro, May 2026). FieldRoutes puts the one-time visit higher, at $250 to $600, with the initial visit at $150 to $300, a monthly plan at $45 to $75 a visit and a quarterly treatment at $100 to $300 a visit (June 2026).
The pest sets the price. Ants are $100 to $250, mice $150 to $400, rats $200 to $600, termites $500 to $3,000 or more and bed bugs $1,000 to $4,000 or more (Housecall Pro). The home sets it too: a one-time treatment runs $250 to $450 for a 1,000-square-foot home and $450 to $750 for 3,000 square feet (This Old House, March 2026).
The extras go on their own lines: rodent bait stations $25 to $75, a wasp or hornet nest $50 to $150, sealing entry points $100 to $500 or more, a flea or tick yard treatment $75 to $200 and a mosquito treatment $50 to $150 a visit (Housecall Pro). Work you can't scope — wildlife, exclusion — is priced by the hour at $75 to $150 per technician, and a commercial visit is $150 to $400.
Price from your costs: labor at a loaded wage, overhead per job, then price = cost ÷ (1 − margin), with Housecall Pro targeting a 15% to 25% margin on standard residential work, and Service Autopilot adding 20% to 50% on top of cost (June 2025). Then put the plan prices on your website: “pest control pricing” is Googled about 8,100 times a month, and “how much to charge for pest control” is put to AI assistants about 1,450 times (DataForSEO, October 2026).
AT A GLANCE · NOVEMBER 2026
Pest control pricing at a glance
| The job | Typical US price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| General treatment (ants, roaches, spiders) | $100–$300 | Housecall Pro, May 2026 |
| Monthly plan, each visit | $45–$75 | FieldRoutes, June 2026 |
| Quarterly plan, each visit | $100–$300 | FieldRoutes, June 2026 |
| Initial visit, inspection and first treatment | $150–$300 | FieldRoutes, June 2026 |
| 2,000 sq ft home | $350–$600 | This Old House, March 2026 |
| Termites | $500–$3,000+ | Housecall Pro, May 2026 |
The same published figures as the full rate table below; the calculator works out a price for your own job.
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Pick a one-time treatment by the pest or by the home's size, a plan visit, a commercial visit, an inspection or hourly work, then tick the extras. The range uses the published 2026 US figures in the table below.
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$100–$300
one-time residential treatment, by pest, general treatment (ants, roaches, spiders)
A starting range from published US figures — not a price for a customer until you've seen the infestation, the home and the access. Check it against your own costs (the formula below) and what the companies in your area list on their own pages.
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RATES · NOVEMBER 2026
Pest control prices (2026)
Typical US figures for a one-time treatment, a plan visit, a commercial visit and an inspection. The publishers don't agree on the one-time visit: Housecall Pro's $100–$300 is its general residential treatment, FieldRoutes' $250–$600 is its US average for a one-time visit, depending on the pest and the severity, Service Autopilot's table (This Old House's older figures, republished) is $150–$300 (June 2025) and Fixr's national average is $158–$288 (January 2025). The plan visit is steadier: $40–$80 (Housecall Pro), $45–$75 monthly and $100–$300 quarterly (FieldRoutes), $40–$70 monthly and $90–$130 quarterly (Service Autopilot's table of This Old House's older figures), $31–$56 monthly and $98–$178 quarterly (Fixr).
| The job | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| One-time residential treatment, by pest | General treatment (ants, roaches, spiders): $100–$300 · Ants: $100–$250 · Mice: $150–$400 · Rats: $200–$600 · Termites: $500–$3,000+ · Bed bugs: $1,000–$4,000+ · Housecall Pro |
| Recurring plan, per visit | Monthly plan, each visit: $45–$75 · Quarterly plan, each visit: $100–$300 · Initial visit, inspection and first treatment: $150–$300 · FieldRoutes |
| One-time treatment, by home size | 1,000 sq ft home: $250–$450 · 1,500 sq ft home: $300–$550 · 2,000 sq ft home: $350–$600 · 2,500 sq ft home: $400–$675 · 3,000 sq ft home: $450–$750 · This Old House |
| Other pests, one-time (FieldRoutes' 2025 averages) | Cockroaches: $150–$450 · Fleas: $100–$450 · Spiders: $100–$250 · Wasps: $150–$1,400 · Mosquito control: $125–$550 · Bats: $250–$700 · FieldRoutes |
| Commercial, per visit | Commercial service visit: $150–$400 · Housecall Pro |
| Inspection, on its own | Pest inspection: $65–$135 · Termite or wood-destroying insect inspection: $100–$290 · Bob Vila |
| Hourly work, per technician (wildlife, exclusion, unscoped jobs) | $75–$150 per hour · about $150–$300 for 2 hours · Housecall Pro |
| Hourly, per technician (wildlife, exclusion, unscoped work) | $75–$150 an hour · Housecall Pro |
Rates read off each publisher's page in November 2026. The calculator above uses exactly these numbers, rounded to whole dollars and to the nearest $5 from $100 up. Full source list below.
ADD-ONS AND ADJUSTMENTS
What to add for bait stations, nests, exclusion and a bigger home
The lines that go on top of the treatment — each one priced on its own. Bob Vila's size rule is what some companies do, not a rate card: $25 for every extra 1,000 square feet over 1,500 (September 2024).
| What | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| Rodent bait stations | +$25–$75 · Housecall Pro |
| Wasp or hornet nest removal | +$50–$150 · Housecall Pro |
| Entry-point sealing or exclusion | +$100–$500+ · Housecall Pro |
| Flea or tick yard treatment | +$75–$200 · Housecall Pro |
| Mosquito treatment, per visit | +$50–$150 · Housecall Pro |
| Larger home — each extra thousand square feet past the first fifteen hundred | +$25 · Bob Vila |
Where a row shows a sum (a rate × a quantity, or a percentage worked out from published dollar ranges), the arithmetic is ours and the inputs are the publisher's.
THE PRICING FORMULA
How to price a pest control job
Six steps from your costs to the number on your price list — and the plan price that keeps the route full.
Cost the labor at a loaded wage
Labor cost = (hourly wage × labor burden) × job hours (Housecall Pro). The median pest control worker earns $21.75 an hour (O*NET, 2025 wages); Service Autopilot's example uses $50 an hour loaded, so 1.5 hours is $75 (June 2025).
Spread the overhead over the jobs
Overhead per job = monthly overhead ÷ monthly billable hours × the job's hours, including the non-billable drive (Housecall Pro). FieldRoutes puts a fully equipped truck at about $20,000 (June 2026) — the route has to carry it.
Add the materials
The product, bait and traps for the job: $25 in Service Autopilot's one-time example. Specialty work carries its own — a bait station is $25–$75 on its own line (Housecall Pro).
Price the one-time job at a margin
Price = cost ÷ (1 − target margin): Housecall Pro targets 15%–25% on standard residential work and more on specialty, add-on and emergency work (May 2026); Service Autopilot adds 20%–50% depending on competition and demand.
Price the plan lower per visit, higher per year
A quarterly or monthly visit is a shorter, planned stop, so it carries a slightly lower margin (Housecall Pro) — $45–$75 monthly and $100–$300 quarterly (FieldRoutes) against $250–$600 for a one-time call. Put the initial visit, $150–$300, on its own line.
Charge for the drive and the size
Price the mileage, the drive time and rural access in (FieldRoutes), and tier by the home — under 2,500, 2,500–5,000 and over 5,000 square feet are FieldRoutes' tiers; This Old House's one-time treatment runs $250–$450 at 1,000 square feet to $450–$750 at 3,000 (March 2026).
The formula, worked through
Say it's a one-time ant treatment on an average home. Housecall Pro's market range is $100–$250 for ants (May 2026); This Old House puts a general one-time treatment on a 2,000-square-foot home at $350–$600 (March 2026).
Service Autopilot's worked example (June 2025): $25 of materials, 1.5 hours of labor at $50 an hour ($75) and $20 of overhead — $120 in cost. Add 30% for profit and the price is $156, so it suggests charging about $150–$160.
At Housecall Pro's formula instead, $120 ÷ (1 − 0.25) = $160 at a 25% margin — the same place, and a 30% markup is a 23% margin, so the two publishers are describing the same job. The $160 sits inside Housecall Pro's $100–$250 for ants, so “ant treatment from $160” is a fair line for your price list; on a 2,000-square-foot home This Old House's range says there's room above it. The inputs are Service Autopilot's; the margin arithmetic and the comparison are ours, and your wage, your drive and your product costs are what make the price yours.
What to charge in your part of the country
Pest control is priced locally, and the spread is wide: Bob Vila's one-time ranges run $60–$150 in Sacramento and $60–$155 in Phoenix against $130–$220 in Chicago and $160–$350 in New York City (September 2024). The Bureau of Economic Analysis puts overall prices in California at 110.7 against a US average of 100 and Arkansas at 86.9 (2024 regional price parities, released February 2026) — so a $200 treatment in an average market is about $220 in California and about $175 in Arkansas. The pests move too: termites, scorpions and mosquitoes are a season in the South and the Southwest and a rare call in the North.
In the US, applying pesticides for hire needs a certified applicator, and most states license both the company and the person holding the sprayer, with experience hours and an exam before the licence — our guide to starting a pest control business covers the business and applicator licences by state. Price the licence, the insurance and the continuing-education hours into the overhead, and check your state's department of agriculture or pesticide board before you quote regulated work.
Outside the US, treat the ranges as a shape, not a price — a one-time price by the pest, a plan priced per visit, the initial visit on its own line and the extras on top hold everywhere — and check what local companies list on their own websites.
Put your prices on your website
A price list — even “from” prices — answers a customer's first question before they pick up the phone, and it's the line an AI assistant can quote when someone asks what a pest control treatment costs near them.
If you build your site with Zarla, tell the editor “add a pricing section: general pest treatment from $150, quarterly plans from $100 a visit” and your prices go on the site, in a section you can edit any time. Want to see a finished site first? Browse pest control website templates or see how Zarla builds pest control websites.
Still setting up? Write your pest control business plan, browse pest control business name ideas, and when the prices are set, read pest control SEO. Raising prices you set a year ago? The price increase letter tells customers a month ahead.
Getting licensed first? How to start a pest control business covers the business and applicator licences by state, the insurance states set and what companies charge on their own pages.
Pest control pricing: common questions
$100–$300 for a general residential treatment (Housecall Pro, May 2026). FieldRoutes' US average for a one-time visit, depending on the pest and the severity, is $250–$600 (June 2026), Service Autopilot's table (This Old House's older figures, republished) is $150–$300 (June 2025) and Fixr's national average is $158–$288 (January 2025). Price by the pest: ants $100–$250, mice $150–$400, rats $200–$600 (Housecall Pro). The calculator above works out any of them, with the extras.
$40–$80 a visit (Housecall Pro, May 2026); FieldRoutes puts a monthly plan at $45–$75 a visit and a quarterly treatment at $100–$300 a visit (June 2026), Service Autopilot's table (This Old House's older figures) at $40–$70 a month and $90–$130 a quarter (June 2025). The initial visit, with the inspection and the first treatment, is $150–$300 (FieldRoutes) — put it on its own line.
This Old House's one-time treatment runs $250–$450 for a 1,000-square-foot home, $350–$600 for 2,000 and $450–$750 for 3,000 (March 2026). FieldRoutes tiers its plans at under 2,500, 2,500–5,000 and over 5,000 square feet (June 2026), and Bob Vila reports some companies adding $25 for every 1,000 square feet over 1,500 (September 2024).
Termites $500–$3,000 or more and bed bugs $1,000–$4,000 or more (Housecall Pro, May 2026). FieldRoutes' 2025 averages are higher still — termites $2,500–$8,500, bed bugs $400–$5,500 (June 2026) — and Fixr puts subterranean termite treatment at $7–$14 a linear foot and drywood fumigation at $1,570–$2,857 (January 2025). Inspect first: a termite inspection is $100–$290 on its own (Bob Vila, September 2024).
$75–$150 an hour per technician, for wildlife removal, exclusion and jobs you can't scope up front (Housecall Pro, May 2026). Everything else is priced flat — the hour is the check: the median pest control worker earns $21.75 an hour (O*NET, 2025 wages), and once the wage is loaded and the drive is added, a $100 treatment that takes two hours door to door is losing money.
$150–$400 a visit, with monthly or quarterly contracts discounted per visit and custom pricing for regulated sites like restaurants and healthcare (Housecall Pro, May 2026). Housecall Pro's example prices a restaurant's quarterly plan at $180 a visit, against a $250 one-time rate.
Housecall Pro targets 15%–25% on standard residential work, more on specialty, add-on and emergency work, and slightly less per visit on recurring plans (May 2026); Service Autopilot adds 20%–50% to cost depending on competition and demand (June 2025). Price = cost ÷ (1 − margin), and remember a markup isn't a margin: adding 30% is a 23% margin.
Yes — a “from” price for a general treatment and the per-visit price of your plans answer the first question before the call, and they're the line an AI assistant can quote. On a Zarla site, tell the editor “add a pricing section” with your prices, and change them when the season does.
Where these numbers come from
Every range on this page is read off a published source, dated below. They're US figures for residential pest control, with one commercial per-visit row — typical, not a rule; your costs and your market come first.
- Housecall Pro — Pest Control Pricing Guide: How to Price Pest Control Jobs in 2026 — dated May 2026, read November 2026
- FieldRoutes — How to Establish Pest Control Prices: A Guide for Businesses — dated June 2026, read November 2026
- This Old House — How Much Does Pest Control Cost? (2026) — dated March 2026, read November 2026
- Service Autopilot — How Much to Charge for Pest Control (Free Calculator) — dated June 2025, read November 2026
- Fixr — How Much Does It Cost to Hire an Exterminator? — dated January 2025, read November 2026
- Bob Vila — How Much Does Pest Control Cost? — dated September 2024, read November 2026
- O*NET OnLine — 37-2021.00 Pest Control Workers (median wages, 2025) — dated October 2026, read November 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — regional price parities by state, 2024 — dated February 2026, read September 2026
Put your pest control prices on your website
Add your town and your business name, and Zarla builds the site from that one line. Your treatment and plan prices go in a pricing section you edit by chat.
Already have a website? Bring it across →Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.