Georgia / Forestry Commission, Georgia / Forester 1
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
9 employees hold this title in Forestry Commission, Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $52,863, above the department median of $51,889.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9 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
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Foresters — about 370 people — is $76,970. Forestry Commission, Georgia pays a median base salary of $62,234 for this role, 19% below that figure — about the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Foresters across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Forestry Commission, Georgia’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. Forestry Commission, Georgia’s median base salary is 19% below that national figure, about the 24th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 43 of 47 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 Forestry Commission, Georgia is $60,822, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $61,203 ranks #5 of 12. See Forester across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Forester 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.
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Record list
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Forester 1/Forestry Commission, Georgia
Source-specific fields
At Forestry Commission, Georgia, Bryce Yawn serves as a Forester 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $55,413.
Forester 1/Forestry Commission, Georgia
Source-specific fields
Mitchell Parvin holds the role of Forester 1 at Forestry Commission, Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $53,163.
Forester 1/Forestry Commission, Georgia
Loic Harousseau is a Forester 1 at Forestry Commission, Georgia. 2025 total compensation came to $53,040.
Forester 1/Forestry Commission, Georgia
William Hill works as a Forester 1 for Forestry Commission, Georgia. William earned $53,000 in 2025.
Forester 1/Forestry Commission, Georgia
Cassie Buchanan is a Forester 1 at Forestry Commission, Georgia. 2025 total compensation came to $52,863.
Forester 1/Forestry Commission, Georgia
William Pitts works as a Forester 1 for Forestry Commission, Georgia. William earned $52,000 in 2025.
Forester 1/Forestry Commission, Georgia
At Forestry Commission, Georgia, Caleb Henderson serves as a Forester 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $28,167.
Forester 1/Forestry Commission, Georgia
Source-specific fields
Blake Harrison holds the role of Forester 1 at Forestry Commission, Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $23,833.
Forester 1/Forestry Commission, Georgia
At Forestry Commission, Georgia, Jacob Smith serves as a Forester 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $19,500.