Termite Treatment Cost Calculator
Termite treatment runs about $1,868 in Atlanta — $1,133 to $2,602, or $10.38 a linear foot of foundation — for a soil barrier on a 180-foot perimeter with a crawl space. ⚠️ Two things decide whether that money does anything. The species decides the method: fumigation costs $5,742 and does nothing at all to a subterranean colony. And the advertised price is year one — with ten years of bond it is $4,243.
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Estimated cost of the treatment
$1,938
typical · range $1,201 to $2,675 · 13 trade hours · $10.76 a linear foot of foundation
Labour priced at national wages. Enter a ZIP code to price it for your area. 73% of this figure comes from modelled termiticide, station and warranty prices — each line shows its own uncertainty.
Priced from bls.gov Aug 2026how every line is sourced
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Which treatment works on which termite
The most useful table on this page, and the one that stops somebody buying the wrong thing. The dearest treatment here does nothing at all against the commonest termite.
| Treatment | Subterranean | Drywood | Formosan | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil-applied barrier treatment | works | ⚠️ no | works | $1,938 |
| Bait stations, installed and monitored | works | ⚠️ no | works | $1,798 |
| Local or spot treatment | ⚠️ no | works | ⚠️ no | $1,156 |
| Whole-structure fumigation — tenting | ⚠️ no | works | ⚠️ no | $5,813 |
Read the row for what you have rather than the price column, because the expensive one is not the effective one. A soil barrier stops termites coming up out of the ground — which is exactly nothing to a drywood colony living inside a beam that never touches soil. Fumigation reaches every void in the house on the day — and a subterranean colony lives outside the house and walks back in the week after, because tenting leaves no residue and no protection behind it. ⚠️ The EPA puts the native subterranean termite as the commonest form in most of the United States, and names soil barriers and baits as the two usual treatments for it. If a quote in front of you crosses this table the wrong way, that is the question to ask before the price one.
The price they quote, and the price you pay
| What you count | Per year | Total |
|---|---|---|
| The treatment on its own — the advertised figure | — | $1,938 |
| The treatment plus 5 years of renewal | $521 | $3,125 |
| The treatment plus 10 years of renewal | $392 | $4,313 |
This trade sells warranties, not treatments, and the number people quote each other is year one. Over ten years the renewal adds $2,375 to it. ⚠️ Two things to ask before signing, and neither is about the price. First, which kind of warranty: a retreatment bond pays to treat again if they come back, a repair bond also pays for the damage they do in the meantime, and the two are described with the same word by people who would rather you did not notice. Second, what voids it — altering the treated soil usually does, and that includes a flower bed. And the reason any of this matters: the damage is almost certainly not insured, so the warranty is the only cover there is.
| Line item | Qty | Cost | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspection and graphing the structure before treating1 per job | 1each | $45–$165 | estimated±57% |
| Termiticide for the treated zonelinear feet of foundation, on a barrier treatment | 180linear ft | $288–$792 | estimated±47% |
| Trench, treat and backfill — labour2 h + 1 h per 22 linear feet of trench | 10.2hour | $384–$412 | sourced |
| Drill and inject through concretelinear feet of hard surface to drill, on a barrier treatment | 40linear ft | $88–$260 | estimated±49% |
| Drilling — labour1 h per 14 linear feet drilled | 2.86hour | $126–$135 | sourced |
| Working in the crawl space1 when the work is under a crawl space | 1each | $55–$190 | estimated±55% |
| Attached porches, garages and outbuildingsone per attached structure, except on fumigation and local treatment | 1each | $95–$340 | estimated±56% |
| First year of the warranty, with retreatment cover1 per job | 1each | $120–$380 | estimated±52% |
| Total | $1,201–$2,675 | ±38% |
Where these numbers come from
- The expensive treatment is not the effective one
- This is the most useful thing on the page and it is the reason to read the table rather than the prices. A soil barrier stops termites coming up out of the ground, which is exactly nothing to a drywood colony living inside a beam that never touches soil. And fumigation reaches every void in the house on the day — then leaves no residue at all, so a subterranean colony living outside the house walks back in the week after. EPA, Termites: how to identify and control them (retrieved 2026-08-25) puts the native subterranean termite as the commonest form in most of the United States and names soil barriers and baits as the two usual treatments for it. So the arithmetic that matters is this: the dearest option on this page, at $5,742, is the wrong one for the termite most American houses have, and the $1,118 one is right only when the infestation is genuinely local — which is the part nobody can be certain of. ⚠️ If a quote in front of you crosses that table the wrong way, ask about it before you ask about the price.
- It is priced by the linear foot, and the bond is the real number
- Two things about how this is quoted, and both explain why prices you are told seem to have no relation to each other. First, a soil barrier is measured in linear feet of foundation, not square feet of house: a long ranch at 230 feet of perimeter is $2,094 where a compact house at 130 feet is $1,496, and the two can have the same floor area. Anybody quoting from square footage over the phone is guessing, and the concrete matters too — a patio and a driveway have to be drilled and injected rather than trenched. Second, and larger: this trade sells bonds. The treatment on its own is $1,868; with ten years of renewal it is $4,243, so the renewal adds $2,375 that nobody mentions. ⚠️ That also flips the comparison between methods over time: a bait system is cheaper to install at $1,773 against $1,868, and over ten years it is $5,573 against $4,243, because an unmonitored bait station does nothing and somebody has to keep opening them.
- Why you cannot buy the product, and who should be under your house
- ⚠️ “Which smell do termites hate” is one of the questions Google shows on this search, and the answer is a regulation rather than an opinion. Termiticides for barrier treatment carry directions for use that are part of their federal registration — 40 CFR 156, Labeling requirements for pesticides and devices (read 2026-08-25) — and many carry the “Restricted Use Pesticide” statement, a classification that by definition limits application to a certified applicator or somebody under their supervision. The hardware store version is not a weaker version of the professional product; it is a different product, because they are not allowed to sell you the other one. The plain-language starting point is EPA, Citizen’s guide to pest control and pesticide safety (retrieved 2026-08-25). And the other side of the same coin: most of this work happens under your house, and a crawl space is a confined space with restricted entry, poor ventilation and something in the air — OSHA, Confined spaces (retrieved 2026-08-25). A technician who goes under alone with no ventilation and nobody outside is doing it wrong, and it is your house.
- Where the numbers come from
- Labour is official: wages from BLS OEWS for pest control workers and construction labourers, May 2025, retrieved 2026-08-20, adjusted to your metro area and benefit-loaded from BLS ECEC. ⚠️ Pest control workers were added to our wage index for this page rather than using a broader group as a proxy, and that is deliberate: applying a restricted-use termiticide is a licensed trade, and pricing it at grounds-maintenance rates would have understated every hour on two whole pages. 75% of the total is estimated rather than official, with every band and its reasoning on the dataset page. Finding out whether you need any of this is priced on our termite inspection page, which is the cheapest page in this neighbourhood and the one that decides this one, and the whole approach is on the method page.
- Material prices
- Modelled estimates, not sourced prices. No public, machine-readable source of US residential material prices exists, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise. Each line carries its own uncertainty band. How we estimate them.
Contractor overhead and profit applied at 33–43% over direct cost. Data last reviewed 2026-08-25.
What this figure does not include
- Repairing the damage
- ⚠️ Treatment kills termites. It does not put back a sill plate, a joist or a stud that has been hollowed out, and that repair is carpentry priced by what has to be opened up to reach it. It is also the reason this page exists at all: the repair is the expensive part, and finding out you need it is what an inspection is for.
- What your insurance will pay
- ⚠️ Asked on both of our termite pages and the honest answer is a principle rather than a number. American homeowners policies distinguish sudden accidental damage from deterioration and lack of maintenance, and an infestation that has been eating for years falls on the second side of that line in practically all of them. Your policy and your state decide it, we do not advise on insurance, and the consequence is worth stating plainly: the downside here is uninsured, which is exactly what changes the arithmetic on prevention.
- Fixing what attracted them
- Wood-to-soil contact, a leaking hose bib, mulch piled against the siding, a crawl space with no vapour barrier and a downpipe that discharges at the foundation. None of it is priced here and all of it is why they came. Treating a house without fixing the conditions buys a repeat, and several of those fixes are on other pages of this site.
- Doing it yourself
- ⚠️ It is not a question of cost. The termiticides used for barrier treatments carry directions for use that are part of the product’s federal registration, and many are Restricted Use Pesticides — a category that by definition may only be applied by or under the supervision of a certified applicator. That is why the product a professional uses is not on a hardware store shelf.
- Home remedies
- ⚠️ People ask which smells termites hate, and the answer is the disappointing one: nothing you can pour or spray from a supermarket resolves an established colony, because the colony is not where you can reach it — it is in the soil, or inside the timber. Orange oil and heat have genuine narrow uses against drywood termites in specific timbers, applied by somebody who has found the gallery. They are not a substitute for treating a subterranean colony.
Questions people actually ask
Is it worth getting termite treatment?
The number that answers this is not the treatment price, it is the one that is missing: ⚠️ American homeowners policies separate sudden accidental damage from deterioration and lack of maintenance, and a years-old infestation falls on the second side of that in practically all of them. Your policy and your state decide it and this page does not advise on insurance — but the consequence is the whole argument, because it means the downside is uninsured. On this model a soil barrier is $1,868 and ten years of it with the bond is $4,243. Set that against replacing a hollowed sill plate or a run of joists, which is carpentry priced by what has to be opened up to reach it, and which nobody is going to reimburse.
How much does Terminix charge for termite treatment?
We do not publish another company's price list, because we do not know it and inventing one would be the least useful thing on this page. ⚠️ What is worth more is knowing the shape of the number, because this trade does not sell treatments — it sells warranties with an annual renewal, and the figure that gets quoted is year one. On this model the treatment alone is $1,868 and the same thing with ten years of renewal is $4,243. So the two questions that actually separate one quote from another are: how many linear feet of foundation is it priced on, and is the warranty a retreatment bond or a repair bond — because those two words get used interchangeably by people who would rather you did not notice.
Will insurance pay for termite treatment?
This page prices work and does not advise on insurance, so here is the principle rather than an answer. ⚠️ Standard American homeowners policies distinguish sudden accidental damage from deterioration and lack of maintenance, and termites are slow by definition — an infestation that has been eating for years reads as the second thing in practically every policy. Your policy wording and your state decide it, so read yours or ask your insurer. What is worth acting on is the consequence: the risk here is entirely yours, which is exactly why a $1,868 treatment and the bond that follows it are the only cover that exists, and why an inspection is cheap by comparison.
Which smell do termites hate?
The honest answer is the disappointing one: nothing you can pour or spray from a supermarket resolves an established colony, because the colony is not where you can reach it — it is in the soil, or inside the timber. ⚠️ And there is a regulatory fact that explains why the professional product is not on a shelf next to the vinegar: termiticides used for barrier treatments carry directions for use that are part of their federal registration under 40 CFR 156, and many are Restricted Use Pesticides — a category that by definition may only be applied by or under the supervision of a certified applicator. It is not that the hardware store version is weaker. It is that they cannot sell you the other one. Orange oil and heat have genuine narrow uses against drywood termites in specific timbers, applied by somebody who has found the gallery; they do nothing about a colony under your house.
Taken from Google’s “people also ask” results for this search on 2026-08-25, not invented.
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