Professional Foresters Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

The official count of professional foresters in 2006 was 13,000. Workers have recently faced a very low level of unemployment. The unemployment rate for employees? About 3% recently.

Flexibility

Professional foresters working on their own make up 4% of the total. Part-time work suffices for 5% of workers.

Education

Employees normally have a bachelor's degree before landing a job. Degrees are held by 86% of current professional foresters. Post-secondary schooling was enough for 14% of workers.

Local Outlook

You'll see a lot of employees in Missoula (Montana), Morgantown (West Virginia), and Auburn (Alabama), and comparatively fewer in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Chicago (Illinois), and Boston (Massachusetts). Wages for Professional foresters are highest in Washington (District of Columbia), Charleston (South Carolina), and Sacramento (California), and lowest in Knoxville (Tennessee), Little Rock (Arkansas), and Birmingham (Alabama).

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

Local Jobs Info for Professional Foresters

Employment info for Professional Foresters, 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
Alabama	Auburn	62.73	40	$63,000
Alabama	Birmingham	4.66	40	$42,000
Arkansas	Little Rock	7.35	40	$45,000
California	Redding	49.7	50	$67,000
California	Sacramento	5.31	80	$71,000
Colorado	Denver	1.44	30	$61,000
District of Columbia	Washington	1.54	60	$94,000
Florida	Jacksonville	2.95	30	$47,000
Florida	Tampa	1.9	40	$51,000
Illinois	Chicago	1.08	70	$58,000
Massachusetts	Boston	1.05	30	$52,000
Minnesota	Duluth	45.25	90	$55,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	3.63	110	$54,000
Montana	Missoula	76.8	60	$48,000
Oregon	Eugene	33.85	80	$59,000
Oregon	Medford	39.3	50	$59,000
Oregon	Portland	5.19	90	$62,000
Oregon	Salem	29.92	70	$57,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1.28	40	$67,000
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1.57	30	$50,000
South Carolina	Charleston	8.48	40	$82,000
Tennessee	Knoxville	7.39	40	$42,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	2.97	30	$42,000
Virginia	Richmond	3.98	40	$55,000
Washington	Seattle	2.51	60	$55,000
West Virginia	Morgantown	67.94	50	$45,000
Wisconsin	Madison	9.35	50	$47,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	30.03	430	$51,000