SOC 19-4071 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025

How much do Forest and Conservation Technicians make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest and Conservation Technicians in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $64,440. The 10th percentile is $43,950 and the 90th percentile is $83,890. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$64,440

10th percentile
$43,950
25th percentile
$55,410
Median
$64,440
75th percentile
$82,130
90th percentile
$83,890
Mean
$66,270

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Forest and Conservation Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $43,950 and the 90th percentile is $83,890. The difference is $39,940, which is 62.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $55,410 to the 75th at $82,130, covers $26,720.

The mean annual wage is $66,270, which sits above the median of $64,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 18.1% higher than the national median of $54,560 for Forest and Conservation Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $61,476, which is 12.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.2% higher than the Minnesota median of $58,990.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Minnesota, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 104.822, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Forest and Conservation Technicians at $61,476 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Forest and Conservation Technicians in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Forest and Conservation Technicians accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (130 of 1,951,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (30,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.34 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI · Forest and Conservation Technicians by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Forest and Conservation Technicians make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest and Conservation Technicians in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $64,440. The 10th percentile is $43,950 and the 90th percentile is $83,890. Employment is 130.

How does that compare with the national median for Forest and Conservation Technicians?

The local median is 18.1% higher than the national median of $54,560.

What is Forest and Conservation Technicians pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 104.822, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $64,440 is $61,476. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.