SOC 45-4011 · Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations · May 2025
How much do Forest and Conservation Workers make in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest and Conservation Workers in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is $52,850. The 10th percentile is $33,110 and the 90th percentile is $57,860. Employment is 30.
Median annual wage
$52,850
- 10th percentile
- $33,110
- 25th percentile
- $33,780
- Median
- $52,850
- 75th percentile
- $56,030
- 90th percentile
- $57,860
- Mean
- $46,820
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Forest and Conservation Workers, the published 10th percentile is $33,110 and the 90th percentile is $57,860. The difference is $24,750, which is 46.8% 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 $33,780 to the 75th at $56,030, covers $22,250.
The mean annual wage is $46,820, which sits below the median of $52,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI median is 21% higher than the national median of $43,680 for Forest and Conservation Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,520, which is 24.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 45.1% higher than the Wisconsin median of $36,420.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 96.937, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Forest and Conservation Workers at $54,520 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.
Employment share
Forest and Conservation Workers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI (30 of 820,780). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (6,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI · 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest and Conservation Workers in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is $52,850. The 10th percentile is $33,110 and the 90th percentile is $57,860. Employment is 30.
How does that compare with the national median for Forest and Conservation Workers?
The local median is 21% higher than the national median of $43,680.
What is Forest and Conservation Workers pay in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 96.937, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $52,850 is $54,520. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.