Pest control pricing calculator

Builds a per-visit price from your real costs - tech time, drive, truck, materials, overhead - and your target margin. Default wage is the BLS May 2025 mean hourly wage for pest control workers in the state you pick.

Service type

Adjusts on-site time and material cost relative to a general pest visit.

Visit frequency

Initial (clean-out) service?

Home size (sq ft)

Scales on-site time: 2,000 sq ft = baseline.

State (sets default tech wage)

Your tech wage ($/hr, 0 = use state figure)

Payroll burden (taxes, comp, benefits) %

Your assumption. Employer taxes, workers comp and benefits on top of wages.

Minutes on site (baseline home)

Drive minutes to this stop

Miles driven to this stop

Truck cost per mile ($)

Default = IRS 2026 business standard mileage rate from July 1, 2026 (76 cents).

Material cost per visit ($)

Overhead per stop ($) - insurance, software, office, marketing

Target gross margin %

Estimates for planning only, based on the inputs you enter. Wage defaults are BLS May 2025 state mean hourly wages for pest control workers; the truck default is the IRS 2026 business mileage rate. Initial service assumes double on-site time and 2.5x materials. Not financial or tax advice.