Forest and Conservation Technicians Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Forest and Conservation Technicians positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$54,310

National average

Salary Range

$36,190 – $80,790

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Forest and Conservation Technicians Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$70,720$39,520$80,080
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$70,220$40,390$101,420
Maryland$67,450$47,620$75,590
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$67,140$39,560$84,220
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$66,020$46,010$93,640
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$66,020$41,450$93,640
Asheville, NC$65,960$41,030$83,950
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$65,670$39,560$87,210
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$65,450$38,500$86,930
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$65,230$45,490$97,840
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$65,060$40,390$95,120
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$64,950$47,620$85,350
Baton Rouge, LA$64,830$46,540$94,150
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$64,580$44,900$86,130
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$64,110$36,190$89,960
Salinas, CA$64,020$38,790$101,090
Carson City, NV$63,750$43,740$90,040
Tallahassee, FL$63,730$43,900$83,640
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$63,730$36,190$87,940
Minnesota$63,540$39,560$84,220
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$62,680$39,560$81,520
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$62,570$47,440$82,790
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$62,480$41,120$92,210
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$61,940$38,460$93,640
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$61,130$40,060$82,700
California$60,880$39,560$89,960
Colorado Springs, CO$60,550$46,720$81,200
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$60,490$39,520$88,400
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$60,380$36,190$74,030
Jackson, MS$59,540$35,480$70,280
Bend, OR$59,360$39,560$83,320
Bozeman, MT$59,360$39,560$85,950
Grants Pass, OR$59,360$39,560$79,710
Helena, MT$59,360$40,890$83,720
Missoula, MT$59,360$39,560$81,520
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$59,130$49,000$70,550
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$58,990$43,990$78,120
Louisiana$58,820$43,980$88,410
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$58,660$35,800$90,020
Chico, CA$58,660$37,070$84,010
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$58,660$39,560$84,010
Alexandria, LA$58,650$36,850$81,830
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$58,570$44,950$68,260
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$58,430$46,490$74,190
Pennsylvania$57,910$40,890$75,420
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$57,910$41,540$75,420
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$57,740$35,800$103,100
Johnson City, TN$57,320$40,320$77,330
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$57,320$39,560$81,430
Salem, OR$57,050$38,600$77,260
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$56,880$39,020$83,720
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$56,740$42,210$93,040
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$56,740$35,480$77,020
Columbus, OH$56,610$38,470$60,070
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$56,440$39,560$85,130
New York$56,340$37,900$75,430
Oregon$55,810$39,560$80,500
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$55,810$39,560$81,520
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$55,480$34,220$77,510
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$55,410$40,170$81,410
Fairbanks-College, AK$55,370$40,750$81,270
Ogden, UT$54,950$34,860$81,950
Alaska$54,810$41,620$79,560
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$54,390$39,560$75,420
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$54,360$36,190$81,410
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$54,310$37,020$83,720
Rapid City, SD$54,310$36,190$82,220
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$54,310$36,190$81,700
Visalia, CA$54,310$36,190$83,510
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$54,310$39,560$83,950
Alabama$54,310$37,600$74,420
Arizona$54,310$37,020$80,790
Arkansas$54,310$36,190$77,190
Colorado$54,310$39,560$78,320
Idaho$54,310$36,190$79,710
Montana$54,310$39,560$79,710
Washington$54,310$39,560$79,710
Albuquerque, NM$54,310$36,190$78,520
Boise City, ID$54,310$39,560$77,940
Eugene-Springfield, OR$54,310$39,560$79,710
Flagstaff, AZ$54,310$39,560$79,710
Idaho Falls, ID$54,310$35,480$87,050
Logan, UT-ID$54,310$39,560$79,710
Medford, OR$54,310$39,560$79,710
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$54,310$36,270$81,520
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$54,310$35,480$81,430
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$54,310$39,560$77,940
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$54,310$39,560$78,100
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$54,310$39,560$78,810
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$54,310$39,520$80,450
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$54,310$39,560$80,450
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$54,310$39,560$77,940
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$54,310$36,190$81,520
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$54,310$36,190$79,710
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$54,310$39,560$83,640
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$54,310$39,560$79,000
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$54,310$36,190$81,520
Massachusetts$53,960$49,770$59,780
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$53,960$53,960$53,960
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$53,910$36,190$77,900
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$53,910$35,940$79,710
Michigan$53,730$35,730$73,920
Jacksonville, FL$53,470$41,010$78,800
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$53,440$39,560$67,180
Nevada$53,350$35,480$77,810
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$53,350$28,790$79,190
Nebraska$53,250$40,890$70,660
Wyoming$53,250$36,190$77,190
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$53,250$35,480$77,900
Cleveland, TN$53,180$39,560$81,520
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$53,140$42,970$81,330
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$52,790$28,790$69,810
Wisconsin$52,620$36,190$73,190
Green Bay, WI$52,620$36,190$68,760
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$52,620$36,840$74,840
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$52,340$36,540$76,090
Florida$52,290$37,060$77,940
South Dakota$52,290$37,290$76,090
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$52,290$36,190$73,920
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$52,290$36,190$74,840
Texas$51,570$36,680$65,460
Corpus Christi, TX$51,570$45,810$56,740
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$51,570$38,910$65,430
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$51,570$45,560$56,740
Mississippi$51,460$35,480$74,840
West Virginia$51,440$39,560$77,900
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$51,440$38,420$64,750
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$51,440$39,560$75,940
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$51,430$39,120$80,190
Worcester, MA$50,920$40,490$70,620
Corvallis, OR$50,750$39,540$71,030
Tucson, AZ$50,720$37,350$78,210
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$50,650$44,300$73,940
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$50,650$39,560$67,040
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,650$37,960$78,810
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$50,650$33,860$74,400
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$50,520$26,390$79,190
Stockton-Lodi, CA$50,460$39,160$75,570
St. Louis, MO-IL$50,390$26,390$67,190
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$50,090$42,710$67,720
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$49,980$34,440$61,270
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$49,920$38,990$65,690
Anchorage, AK$49,820$41,620$71,700
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,660$39,560$78,840
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$49,510$39,560$72,280
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$49,000$34,940$65,580
Georgia$48,880$30,050$83,320
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$48,860$28,740$63,060
Vermont$48,510$38,210$69,950
Iowa$48,280$32,800$66,000
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$48,280$36,090$66,000
South Carolina$48,260$38,310$80,450
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$48,150$39,560$70,660
Ames, IA$47,960$28,690$66,000
Urban Honolulu, HI$47,820$38,400$65,320
Hawaii$47,810$36,860$66,020
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$47,500$31,960$70,570
Tennessee$47,370$29,500$64,110
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$47,370$40,320$55,070
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$47,360$39,560$70,570
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$47,220$44,300$81,330
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$47,160$37,960$58,830
Missouri$46,860$17,440$73,670
Kansas City, MO-KS$46,860$36,650$56,000
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,810$37,350$66,000
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,750$37,960$69,660
Oklahoma City, OK$46,590$43,390$55,200
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,360$37,960$61,890
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$46,100$35,360$82,100
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$45,970$35,670$53,730
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$45,910$39,790$53,330
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$45,770$20,750$95,350
Illinois$45,570$26,390$70,530
North Carolina$45,570$37,960$70,660
Ohio$45,570$34,410$63,730
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$45,570$41,590$80,450
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$45,360$36,860$77,080
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$45,340$40,310$56,500
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$45,340$40,310$56,500
Billings, MT$45,320$35,480$74,960
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$44,860$37,960$60,010
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$44,840$36,190$72,630
North Dakota$44,820$38,420$64,750
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$44,820$38,420$64,750
Utah$44,780$32,240$72,280
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,720$29,640$63,730
New Hampshire$44,700$39,960$75,380
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$44,190$35,480$71,430
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$44,190$37,960$60,490
Madison, WI$43,850$33,430$64,410
Raleigh-Cary, NC$43,770$35,350$55,640
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$43,340$33,500$74,840
Virginia$43,330$35,630$73,920
Athens-Clarke County, GA$41,120$30,050$47,730
Kentucky$40,910$30,930$68,760
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$40,890$35,480$72,280
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$40,890$35,480$69,950
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$40,390$40,060$64,570
Knoxville, TN$40,320$24,550$56,500
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$40,240$36,680$56,740
Reno, NV$39,670$21,560$61,670
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$39,560$22,270$65,150
Maine$39,560$34,940$65,150
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$39,560$35,480$69,010
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$39,560$34,940$53,910
Kansas$36,660$31,200$64,100
Richmond, VA$36,560$35,380$53,100
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$34,670$34,670$57,350
Puerto Rico$34,670$34,670$57,350

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Forest and Conservation Technicians make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Forest and Conservation Technicians is $54,310, with a typical range of $36,190 – $80,790 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Forest and Conservation Technicians?β–Ύ

Entry-level Forest and Conservation Technicians positions typically start around $36,190 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Forest and Conservation Technicianss earn the most?β–Ύ

Forest and Conservation Technicianss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.