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Forest and Conservation Workers Salary in IA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Forest and Conservation Workers in IA have a median annual salary of $33,600, with 40 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $28,580 at the 10th percentile to $72,880 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$33,600

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$16.16

Employment

40

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$28,580
10th
$30,110
25th
$33,600
Median
$66,100
75th
$72,880
90th

Local compared with national

IA

$33,600

Median annual · 2025

United States

$43,680

Median annual · 2025

The IA median is 23.1% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $10,080).

Top skills

  1. 1.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.1
  2. 2.MonitoringImportance 3.1
  3. 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.0
  4. 4.Active ListeningImportance 3.0
  5. 5.SpeakingImportance 3.0
  6. 6.Active LearningImportance 3.0
  7. 7.CoordinationImportance 3.0
  8. 8.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.0
  9. 9.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 2.9
  10. 10.Time ManagementImportance 2.9
  11. 11.Social PerceptivenessImportance 2.8
  12. 12.Operations MonitoringImportance 2.8

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Database software
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • IBM Lotus 1-2-3
  • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Project
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word

Common tasks

  • Check equipment to ensure that it is operating properly.
  • Fight forest fires or perform prescribed burning tasks under the direction of fire suppression officers or forestry technicians.
  • Perform fire protection or suppression duties, such as constructing fire breaks or disposing of brush.
  • Confer with other workers to discuss issues, such as safety, cutting heights, or work needs.
  • Maintain tallies of trees examined and counted during tree marking or measuring efforts.
  • Explain or enforce regulations regarding camping, vehicle use, fires, use of buildings, or sanitation.
  • Operate skidders, bulldozers, or other prime movers to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated.
  • Spray or inject vegetation with insecticides to kill insects or to protect against disease or with herbicides to reduce competing vegetation.
  • Thin or space trees, using power thinning saws.
  • Identify diseased or undesirable trees and remove them, using power saws or hand saws.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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