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Forest and Conservation Technicians · SOC 19-4071

Forest and Conservation Technicians Salary in the Dayton Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area

Figures describe the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Dayton city limits.

Median annual wage$37,080
Median hourly wage$17.83

Forest and Conservation Technicians in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area earned a median of $37,080 per year ($17.83 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,420 at the 10th percentile to $48,840 at the 90th.

Pay distribution

Half of Forest and Conservation Technicians in the Dayton metro area earn more than $37,080 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,080 and $46,630.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$33,420$37,080$37,080$46,630$48,840
Hourly$16.07$17.83$17.83$22.42$23.48

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Dayton metro areathis metro area
    $37,080
  • Ohiostate (OH)
    $48,840
  • United Statesnational
    $54,560

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −24% vs Ohio overall and −32% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$33,920$51,780$69,640$87,500Jefferson City, MO — $33,920Kansas City, MO-KS — $33,920Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $35,360Reno, NV — $35,930Jacksonville, FL — $36,610Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $37,080Cleveland, OH — $37,450Richmond, VA — $38,790Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $43,500Madison, WI — $44,950Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $44,950St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,330Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,340Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,390Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $46,010Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,180Omaha, NE-IA — $47,130Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,240Knoxville, TN — $47,370Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $48,360San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,380Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $48,610Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $49,100Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,630Yakima, WA — $49,940Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,080Farmington, NM — $50,130Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,450Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,510Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $50,620Stockton-Lodi, CA — $51,360Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $51,540Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $52,280Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $52,310Eugene-Springfield, OR — $52,420Ogden, UT — $52,420Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $52,420Visalia, CA — $52,690Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $52,840Billings, MT — $53,290Bozeman, MT — $53,290Johnson City, TN — $53,730Pittsburgh, PA — $54,060Helena, MT — $54,160Medford, OR — $54,160Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $54,160Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $54,500Corpus Christi, TX — $54,560Cleveland, TN — $54,900Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $54,940Green Bay, WI — $54,950Coeur d'Alene, ID — $55,470Salem, OR — $56,490Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $56,610San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $57,160Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $57,390Boise City, ID — $57,660Rapid City, SD — $57,660Albuquerque, NM — $57,700Santa Fe, NM — $58,280Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $58,450Colorado Springs, CO — $58,590Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $58,930Bend, OR — $58,990Missoula, MT — $58,990Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $59,030Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $59,590Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $59,610Salinas, CA — $59,920New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $60,060Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $60,270Corvallis, OR — $60,980Grants Pass, OR — $61,020Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $61,110Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $61,110Tucson, AZ — $61,210Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $61,820San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $61,880San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $62,400Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $63,040Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $63,150Alexandria, LA — $63,270Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $63,300Boulder, CO — $63,650Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $63,820Asheville, NC — $64,000Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $64,440Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $64,940Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $65,670Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $65,690Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $66,930Carson City, NV — $67,040Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $74,410Baton Rouge, LA — $87,500

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Dayton metro area has the 89th-highest published median for this occupation among the 94 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for forest and conservation technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Dayton metro areathis page
    $37,080
  • Cleveland metro area
    $37,450

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$120,220Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$88,990Chemists$104,510Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$103,650Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$81,350Physicists$151,050

Highest-paying metro areas for forest and conservation technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Dayton Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.