Foresters salary
The median pay for foresters in the United States is $76,400 a year. About 10,430 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $50,790
- 25th percentile
- $62,710
- Median percentile
- $76,400
- 75th percentile
- $91,640
- 90th percentile
- $109,700
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- California $107,120
- Massachusetts $89,650
- Alaska $87,210
- South Carolina $86,780
- Maryland $86,100
- Connecticut $84,820
- Iowa $83,000
- Illinois $82,160
- Oregon $81,450
- Vermont $80,750
- Texas $80,370
- Alabama $79,530
- Washington $78,460
- Pennsylvania $78,280
- Georgia $76,970
- Minnesota $76,490
- Colorado $76,400
- Michigan $75,920
- Utah $75,210
- New York $73,710
- Ohio $73,320
- Tennessee $71,990
- Virginia $71,990
- Mississippi $71,280
- Arkansas $69,240
- New Mexico $69,240
- Wyoming $68,180
- Kansas $67,540
- Arizona $67,200
- Montana $67,200
- Maine $66,480
- Wisconsin $66,010
- Idaho $65,170
- New Hampshire $65,170
- South Dakota $64,460
- Florida $64,130
- Missouri $63,220
- West Virginia $62,550
- Indiana $61,110
- Kentucky $56,460
- Oklahoma $50,990
By metro area
- San Francisco, CA $112,560
- Sacramento, CA $107,750
- Los Angeles, CA $107,690
- Fresno, CA $102,540
- San Diego, CA $93,340
- Columbia, SC $89,990
- Portland, OR $89,780
- Salem, OR $89,220
- Birmingham, AL $87,050
- Seattle, WA $86,310
- Boston, MA $86,070
- Hartford, CT $86,060
- Chicago, IL $85,610
- Houston, TX $83,720
- Dallas, TX $82,310
- Corvallis, OR $81,450
- Minneapolis, MN $80,600
- Eugene, OR $79,980
- Charlotte, NC $78,800
- Longview, WA $78,460
- Olympia, WA $76,600
- Spokane, WA $76,600
- Duluth, MN $76,400
- Medford, OR $76,400
- Milwaukee, WI $76,330
- Austin, TX $75,810
- Mount Vernon, WA $74,710
- Washington, DC $74,710
- St. Louis, MO $73,950
- Columbus, OH $71,340
- Jacksonville, FL $71,040
- Orlando, FL $70,340
- Nashville, TN $69,820
- Madison, WI $69,620
- New York, NY $69,620
- Denver, CO $69,010
- Lansing, MI $67,750
- Tallahassee, FL $66,470
- Richmond, VA $66,430
- Fort Collins, CO $66,110
- Coeur d'Alene, ID $66,000
- Boise City, ID $65,170
- Indianapolis, IN $64,610
- Atlanta, GA $64,110
- Rapid City, SD $63,210
- Little Rock, AR $61,890
- Baltimore, MD $59,430
- Gainesville, FL $51,500