Forester I

Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Foresters — about 70 people — is $66,480. Department of Agri, Cons, & Forestry pays a median base salary of $67,952 for this role, 2% above that figure — about the 55th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 32 of 48 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 Agri, Cons, & Forestry is $74,309, 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.

Forester I is held in 3 Maine departments. In Department of Agri, Cons, & Forestry, the median of $57,323 ranks #2 of 3.

This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $72,866 ranks #3 of 12. See Forester across all of Maine →