Compared with the local labor market
Forestry Technician pay vs. the United States
Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Forest and Conservation Technicians — about 30,410 people — is $54,560. Department of Agriculture pays a median base salary of $50,659 for this role, 7% below that figure — about the 36th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Agriculture sits in the local pay range
$40,330
$47,360
$54,560
$68,600
$83,630
Department of Agriculture median · $50,659
The bar is the range of annual wages for Forest and Conservation Technicians across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Agriculture’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
Computed over the 10,433 of 10,573 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Agriculture is $51,047, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)
Forestry Technician is held in 2 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Department of Agriculture, the median of $51,047 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Forestry Technician role in other U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)departments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Forestry Technician beyond U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $51,576 ranks #4 of 6. See Forestry Technician across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Forestry Technician roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.