SOC 45-4011 · Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations · May 2025

How much do Forest and Conservation Workers make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest and Conservation Workers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $36,370. The 10th percentile is $36,370 and the 90th percentile is $60,030. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$36,370

10th percentile
$36,370
25th percentile
$36,370
Median
$36,370
75th percentile
$39,920
90th percentile
$60,030
Mean
$41,380

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A transit bus driver standing beside a bus at a rest stop in Denali
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 Workers, the published 10th percentile is $36,370 and the 90th percentile is $60,030. The difference is $23,660, which is 65.1% 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 $36,370 to the 75th at $39,920, covers $3,550.

The mean annual wage is $41,380, which sits above the median of $36,370. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 16.7% lower than the national median of $43,680 for Forest and Conservation Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $34,382, which is 21.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.5% lower than the Colorado median of $37,690.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,370 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Forest and Conservation Workers at $34,382 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 Workers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Forest and Conservation Workers 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 Workers make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest and Conservation Workers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $36,370. The 10th percentile is $36,370 and the 90th percentile is $60,030.

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

The local median is 16.7% lower than the national median of $43,680.

What is Forest and Conservation Workers pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $36,370 is $34,382. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.