Forest and Conservation Technicians · SOC 19-4071

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Forest and Conservation Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for forest and conservation technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 94 metro areas

Forest and Conservation Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Baton Rouge, LA	$87,500	50	0.1
2	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$74,410	90	0.4
3	Carson City, NV	$67,040	160	4.9
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$66,930	100	0.0
5	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$65,690	150	0.1
6	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$65,670	30	0.2
7	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$64,940	50	0.2
8	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$64,440	130	0.1
9	Asheville, NC	$64,000	40	0.2
10	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$63,820	50	0.2
11	Boulder, CO	$63,650	50	0.3
12	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$63,300	180	0.2
13	Alexandria, LA	$63,270	50	0.9
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$63,150	590	0.3
15	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$63,040	30	0.1
16	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$62,400	110	0.0
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$61,880	370	0.2
18	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$61,820	110	0.1
19	Tucson, AZ	$61,210	80	0.2
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$61,110	590	0.1
21	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$61,110	150	0.7
22	Grants Pass, OR	$61,020	60	1.9
23	Corvallis, OR	$60,980	40	1.1
24	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$60,270	40	0.0
25	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$60,060	30	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Forest and Conservation Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.