Compared with the local labor market
Forester pay vs. the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area
Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Foresters — about 90 people — is $69,620. Department of Parks & Recreation pays a median base salary of $69,099 for this role, in line with that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Parks & Recreation sits in the local pay range
$69,570
$69,620
$69,620
$80,170
$92,150
Department of Parks & Recreation median · $69,099
The bar is the range of annual wages for Foresters across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Parks & Recreation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Foresters — about 10,430 people — is $76,400. Department of Parks & Recreation’s median base salary is 10% below that national figure, about the 37th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$50,790
$62,710
$76,400
$91,640
$109,700
Department of Parks & Recreation median · $69,099
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 55 of 59 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Parks & Recreation is $70,032, 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 New York City
Forester is held in 2 New York City departments. In Department of Parks & Recreation, the median of $70,032 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Forester role in other New York Citydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Forester beyond New York City
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $69,977 ranks #4 of 12. See Forester across all of New York City →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Foresterroles 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.