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Florida / Agriculture and Consumer Services / Senior Forest Ranger

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Senior Forest Ranger

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

120 employees hold this title in Agriculture and Consumer Services. Median total compensation for the role is $61,148, above the department median of $52,530.

Employees
120
Total payroll
$7.3M
Role median
$61,148
Agency median
$52,530
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$54,449$65,648+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 120 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Senior Forest Ranger pay vs. Florida

Across all employers in Florida, the median wage for Forest and Conservation Workers — about 70 people — is $36,780. Agriculture and Consumer Services pays a median base salary of $61,145 for this role, 66% above that figureabove the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Agriculture and Consumer Services sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$35,160
$35,350
$36,780
$37,370
$50,120
Agriculture and Consumer Services median · $61,145

The bar is the range of annual wages for Forest and Conservation Workers across every employer in Florida, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Agriculture and Consumer Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Forest and Conservation Workers — about 6,050 people — is $43,680. Agriculture and Consumer Services’s median base salary is 40% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$33,780
$37,440
$43,680
$45,760
$57,220
Agriculture and Consumer Services median · $61,145

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 Florida range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 119 of 120 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 Agriculture and Consumer Services is $61,148, 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 Florida

Senior Forest Ranger is held in 2 Florida departments. In Agriculture and Consumer Services, the median of $61,148 ranks #1 of 2.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Senior Forest Ranger role in other Floridadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Ryan Recktenwald

Senior Forest Ranger/Agriculture and Consumer Services

2026 total comp
$58,330
Sub-department
Florida Forest Service
Base pay
$58,330
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$58,330
Hire date
2017-08-25
Employment type
Salaried

Source-specific fields

Class Code
7610
Position Number
002427

At Agriculture and Consumer Services, Ryan Recktenwald serves as a Senior Forest Ranger within Florida Forest Service. They have served since 2017 (about 9 years), working salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $58,330.

Reinaldo Cruz

Senior Forest Ranger/Agriculture and Consumer Services

2026 total comp
$58,330
Sub-department
Florida Forest Service
Base pay
$58,330
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$58,330
Hire date
2018-02-09
Employment type
Salaried

Source-specific fields

Class Code
7610
Position Number
002786

Reinaldo Cruz is a Senior Forest Ranger at Agriculture and Consumer Services within Florida Forest Service. Hired in 2018, they have about 8 years of service, working salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $58,330.

Stephen Spillers

Senior Forest Ranger/Agriculture and Consumer Services

2026 total comp
$58,330
Sub-department
Florida Forest Service
Base pay
$58,330
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$58,330
Hire date
2018-06-01
Employment type
Salaried

Source-specific fields

Class Code
7610
Position Number
003054

Stephen Spillers is a Senior Forest Ranger at Agriculture and Consumer Services within Florida Forest Service. They have served since 2018 (about 8 years), working salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $58,330.

Leland Ward Jr

Senior Forest Ranger/Agriculture and Consumer Services

2026 total comp
$58,330
Sub-department
Florida Forest Service
Base pay
$58,330
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$58,330
Hire date
1988-10-14
Employment type
Salaried
Middle name
R

Source-specific fields

Class Code
7610
Position Number
002353

Leland Ward Jr holds the role of Senior Forest Ranger at Agriculture and Consumer Services within Florida Forest Service. Their tenure dates to 1988, about 38 years as a salaried employee. In 2026, their total compensation was $58,330.

Jeffrey Mervau

Senior Forest Ranger/Agriculture and Consumer Services

2026 total comp
$58,310
Sub-department
Florida Forest Service
Base pay
$58,310
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$58,310
Hire date
2015-03-24
Employment type
Salaried
Middle name
M

Source-specific fields

Class Code
7610
Position Number
002379

At Agriculture and Consumer Services, Jeffrey Mervau serves as a Senior Forest Ranger within Florida Forest Service. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 11 years, working salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $58,310.

Bradley Weller

Senior Forest Ranger/Agriculture and Consumer Services

2026 total comp
$58,310
Sub-department
Florida Forest Service
Base pay
$58,310
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$58,310
Hire date
2018-05-04
Employment type
Salaried
Middle name
T

Source-specific fields

Class Code
7610
Position Number
002675

Bradley Weller holds the role of Senior Forest Ranger at Agriculture and Consumer Services within Florida Forest Service. They have served since 2018 (about 8 years) as a salaried employee. In 2026, their total compensation was $58,310.

Robert Nobles

Senior Forest Ranger/Agriculture and Consumer Services

2026 total comp
$58,047
Sub-department
Florida Forest Service
Base pay
$58,047
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$58,047
Hire date
2018-11-16
Employment type
Salaried
Middle name
A

Source-specific fields

Class Code
7610
Position Number
002247

Robert Nobles works as a Senior Forest Ranger for Agriculture and Consumer Services within Florida Forest Service. They have served since 2018 (about 8 years) as a salaried employee. Robert earned $58,047 in 2026.

Timothy Brown

Senior Forest Ranger/Agriculture and Consumer Services

2026 total comp
$57,858
Sub-department
Florida Forest Service
Base pay
$57,858
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$57,858
Hire date
2016-08-12
Employment type
Salaried
Middle name
Dale

Source-specific fields

Class Code
7610
Position Number
002951

Timothy Brown holds the role of Senior Forest Ranger at Agriculture and Consumer Services within Florida Forest Service. They have served since 2016 (about 10 years) as a salaried employee. In 2026, their total compensation was $57,858.