Pest management supervisor vs control supervisor

The differences between pest management supervisors and control supervisors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a pest management supervisor, becoming a control supervisor takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a control supervisor has an average salary of $75,228, which is higher than the $45,403 average annual salary of a pest management supervisor.

The top three skills for a pest management supervisor include pest management, IPM and insect. The most important skills for a control supervisor are traffic control devices, ISO, and control systems.

Pest management supervisor vs control supervisor overview

	Pest Management Supervisor	Control Supervisor
Yearly salary	$45,403	$75,228
Hourly rate	$21.83	$36.17
Growth rate	7%	3%
Number of jobs	64,960	63,707
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Average age	47	46
Years of experience	4	2

Pest management supervisor vs control supervisor salary

Pest management supervisors and control supervisors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pest Management Supervisor	Control Supervisor
Average salary	$45,403	$75,228
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $74,000	Between $45,000 And $123,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	Wyoming
Best paying company	-	Lucid Motors
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between pest management supervisor and control supervisor education

There are a few differences between a pest management supervisor and a control supervisor in terms of educational background:

	Pest Management Supervisor	Control Supervisor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Pest management supervisor vs control supervisor demographics

Here are the differences between pest management supervisors' and control supervisors' demographics:

	Pest Management Supervisor	Control Supervisor
Average age	47	46
Gender ratio	Male, 83.8% Female, 16.2%	Male, 73.2% Female, 26.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.3% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 31.7% Asian, 1.1% White, 58.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 4.5% White, 59.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	3%	6%

Differences between pest management supervisor and control supervisor duties and responsibilities

Pest management supervisor example responsibilities.

Develop management and leadership principles while managing, training, and motivating employees in fast-pace, high-volume sales/customer service business.
Create a poster about school IPM and bed bugs.
Develop IPM program to decrease pesticide use.
Identify and document various insect pests and diseases throughout the spring and summer season by scouting fields.
Define and implement new ontology and taxonomy within existing SharePoint platform resulting in clearly define processes and streamline data mining capabilities.
Maintain and run second largest account in company by myself.

Control supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage MRO requisitions to ensure that the best product are obtained at the lowest possible price.
Manage and organize incoming records and publications for use on SharePoint.
Work in production planning, supporting MRP as part of inventory management.
Prepare streets for asphalt and milling.
Maintain all OSHA and FDA guidelines.
Train and run crew on location.

Pest management supervisor vs control supervisor skills

Common pest management supervisor skills

Pest Management, 32%
IPM, 20%
Insect, 16%
Greenhouse, 13%
Pest Control, 13%
Weed Control, 6%

Common control supervisor skills

Traffic Control Devices, 7%
ISO, 7%
Control Systems, 6%
Asphalt, 6%
Project Management, 5%
Traffic Control, 5%

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