Tennessee / Agriculture / Forester 3
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
32 employees hold this title in Agriculture. Median total compensation for the role is $67,021, above the department median of $53,027.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 32 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 Tennessee, the median wage for Foresters — about 120 people — is $71,990. Agriculture pays a median base salary of $60,780 for this role, 16% below that figure — about the 21st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Foresters across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Agriculture’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. Agriculture’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 23rd 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 Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Agriculture is $60,780, 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 Tennessee, the median of $60,780 ranks #6 of 12. See Forester across all of Tennessee →
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.
Record list
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Forester 3/Agriculture
Source-specific fields
Thomas Simpson is a Forester 3 at Agriculture within Forestry Administration. They work part-time. 2026 total compensation came to $58,406.
Forester 3/Agriculture
Source-specific fields
Jonathan Vonesh is a Forester 3 at Agriculture within West TN District. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $58,181.
Forester 3/Agriculture
Source-specific fields
John Kelley works as a Forester 3 for Agriculture within West TN District. Their status is full-time. John earned $57,710 in 2026.
Forester 3/Agriculture
Source-specific fields
At Agriculture, Scotty Guffey serves as a Forester 3 within Cumberland District. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $57,591.