Forest Technicians Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

There are an estimated 34,000 forest technicians nationally. Most recently, workers have experienced a low level of joblessness. An estimated 4% of employees did not have employment in 2006.

Flexibility

Forest technicians, in about 2% of cases, work for themselves. Workers employed part-time are 19% of the total.

Education

Employees often find employers are looking for an associate degree. Forest technicians, in 46% of cases, have bachelor's degree or higher. After high school, 35% of workers pursued some additional career education. Employees, in 19% of cases, had only a high school education.

Local Outlook

Forest technicians -of-a-feather seem to flock to Wenatchee (Washington), Redding (California), and Corvallis (Oregon). They are less likely to be found around Newark (New Jersey), Kansas City (Missouri), and Atlanta (Georgia). Compensation of workers is best in Reno (Nevada), Newark (New Jersey), and Corvallis (Oregon), and much worse in Provo (Utah), Idaho Falls (Idaho), and Kansas City (Missouri).

Detailed local employment conditions for Forest Technicians in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for Forest Technicians

Employment info for Forest Technicians, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alaska	Anchorage	8.25	60	$38,000
Arizona	Phoenix	0.87	80	$36,000
Arkansas	Fort Smith	7.67	40	$38,000
California	Redding	85.9	250	$36,000
California	Riverside	8.66	550	$38,000
California	Sacramento	8.49	370	$36,000
California	San Diego	4.19	270	$38,000
California	San Luis Obispo	8.63	40	$35,000
California	Santa Barbara	18.21	140	$38,000
Colorado	Colorado Springs	5	60	$34,000
Colorado	Denver	1.16	70	$38,000
Colorado	Fort Collins	25.13	140	$36,000
Georgia	Atlanta	0.34	40	$43,000
Georgia	Augusta	4.22	40	$40,000
Idaho	Boise	31.73	400	$37,000
Idaho	Idaho Falls	40.34	80	$32,000
Illinois	Chicago	0.7	130	$48,000
Louisiana	Alexandria	20.12	50	$37,000
Maryland	Baltimore	3.21	200	$36,000
Minnesota	Duluth	24.33	140	$39,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	1.03	90	$35,000
Mississippi	Jackson	2.54	30	$33,000
Missouri	Kansas City	0.61	30	$29,000
Montana	Billings	14.14	50	$32,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	1.76	80	$37,000
Nevada	Reno	3.95	40	$47,000
New Jersey	Newark	0.62	30	$43,000
New Mexico	Albuquerque	7.08	130	$36,000
New Mexico	Santa Fe	13.15	30	$36,000
North Carolina	Charlotte	0.71	30	$37,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1.48	40	$35,000
Oregon	Corvallis	49.4	60	$42,000
Oregon	Eugene	32.18	220	$39,000
Oregon	Medford	32.6	120	$41,000
Oregon	Portland	3.39	170	$39,000
Oregon	Salem	14.77	100	$39,000
South Carolina	Charleston	5.13	70	$41,000
Tennessee	Johnson City	12.05	40	$35,000
Utah	Logan	28.73	50	$32,000
Utah	Provo	12.92	100	$30,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	5.48	160	$31,000
Washington	Olympia	23.88	100	$39,000
Washington	Seattle	4.2	290	$40,000
Washington	Wenatchee	101.99	170	$33,000
Wisconsin	Madison	1.94	30	$37,000