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Highest-paying Cities for Forest and Conservation Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for forest and conservation technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of forest and conservation technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $63,910, Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the highest paying city for forest and conservation technicians. It is followed by Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts (average annual salary $63,540). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of forest and conservation technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Forest and Conservation Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$63,910	$40,640	30
2	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$63,540	$29,500	40
3	Corvallis, Oregon	$61,700	$49,550	80
4	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$61,360	$40,830	40
5	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$58,280	$37,150	40
6	Utica-Rome, New York	$57,960	$52,030	n/a
7	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$56,250	$34,910	70
8	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$56,200	$37,870	80
9	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$55,370	$48,670	30
10	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$55,160	$33,220	60

11	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$54,840	$38,690	60
12	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$54,330	$32,540	30
13	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$53,790	$39,840	40
14	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$53,720	$44,120	n/a
15	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$53,580	$29,840	40
16	Springfield, Illinois	$53,440	$41,750	30
17	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$53,420	$47,360	40
18	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$53,160	$44,490	40
19	Bismarck, North Dakota	$52,480	$33,340	n/a
20	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$52,330	$36,110	50
21	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$52,000	$37,560	40
22	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$51,380	$33,820	200
23	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$51,020	$39,000	150
24	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$50,860	$41,200	40
25	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$50,720	$36,110	90
26	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$50,660	$35,560	50
27	St Cloud, Minnesota	$50,180	$42,850	n/a
28	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$49,900	$34,230	n/a
29	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$49,830	$37,440	50
30	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$49,730	$33,220	170
31	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$49,730	$29,410	40
32	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$49,650	$36,110	100
33	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$49,570	$30,230	50
34	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$49,340	$32,450	90
35	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$49,210	$32,750	40
36	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$49,190	$31,220	60
37	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$49,170	$35,840	50
38	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$48,730	$35,360	70
39	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$48,410	$38,410	50
40	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$48,400	$35,360	140
41	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$48,380	$33,050	70
42	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,300	$33,220	130
43	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,780	$35,630	180
44	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$47,750	$35,590	150
45	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$47,720	$34,130	40
46	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$47,720	$27,870	40
47	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$47,720	$40,060	30
48	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$47,720	$33,220	40
49	Chico, California	$47,720	$32,610	120
50	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$47,630	$33,220	30
51	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$47,590	$37,140	40
52	Stockton, California	$47,340	$38,790	50
53	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$47,330	$33,330	220
54	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,300	$32,850	90
55	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$47,200	$32,030	40
56	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$47,090	$36,210	150
57	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$47,030	$32,590	150
58	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$46,970	$35,070	30
59	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$46,730	$31,510	30
60	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$46,600	$31,510	30
61	Tallahassee, Florida	$46,590	$34,610	30
62	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$46,430	$32,450	60
63	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$46,280	$37,110	540
64	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$46,220	$33,340	30
65	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$46,220	$32,550	50
66	Asheville, North Carolina	$46,220	$32,860	50
67	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$46,060	$32,610	70
68	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$45,920	$36,110	80
69	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$45,910	$32,030	30
70	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$45,900	$34,500	130
71	New Bern, North Carolina	$45,880	$32,760	30
72	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$45,800	$32,680	40
73	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$45,740	$33,800	40
74	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$45,270	$30,850	30
75	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$45,210	$35,760	n/a
76	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$44,950	$30,900	30
77	Spokane, Washington	$44,720	$33,220	110
78	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$44,720	$33,220	40
79	Duluth, Wisconsin	$44,720	$33,220	140
80	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$44,640	$34,530	270
81	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$44,370	$35,590	130
82	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,280	$31,200	90
83	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$44,280	$36,730	570
84	Kansas City, Missouri	$44,120	$28,820	40
85	Carson City, Nevada	$44,100	$35,360	130
86	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$44,050	$33,220	140
87	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$43,700	$35,630	80
88	Alexandria, Louisiana	$43,680	$28,060	40
89	Merced, California	$43,490	$32,610	40
90	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$43,390	$36,210	310
91	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$43,330	$32,490	40
92	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$43,260	$33,570	120
93	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$43,220	$29,460	110
94	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$42,910	$35,610	120
95	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$42,720	$30,140	40
96	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$42,560	$36,820	30
97	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$42,560	$32,760	30
98	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$42,560	$30,330	90
99	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$42,560	$36,310	80
100	Corpus Christi, Texas	$42,560	$39,940	30