South Carolina / Forestry Commission / Forestry Technician III

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Forestry Technician III

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

8 employees hold this title in Forestry Commission. Median total compensation for the role is $56,381, below the department median of $68,003.

Employees: 8
Total payroll: $452.5K
Role median: $56,381
Agency median: $68,003
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$51,078$63,980+

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

How total compensation varies among the 8 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

Forestry Technician III pay vs. South Carolina

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Forest and Conservation Technicians — about 180 people — is $55,910. Forestry Commission pays a median base salary of $56,135 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Forestry Commission sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$40,800

$44,950

$55,910

$71,410

$84,120

Forestry Commission median · $56,135

The bar is the range of annual wages for Forest and Conservation Technicians across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Forestry Commission’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 Technicians — about 30,410 people — is $54,560. Forestry Commission’s median base salary is 3% above that national figure, about the 53rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$40,330

$47,360

$54,560

$68,600

$83,630

Forestry Commission median · $56,135

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 South Carolina range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Forestry Commission is $56,135, 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

Forestry Technician beyond South Carolina

This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $56,135 ranks #3 of 6. See Forestry Technician across all of South Carolina →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Tennessee

$59,381 · 60

California

$59,155 · 242

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

$51,576 · 12,181

Arkansas

$23,335 · 7

Utah

$11,477 · 28

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.

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