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

How much do Forest and Conservation Workers make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest and Conservation Workers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $45,530. The 10th percentile is $33,280 and the 90th percentile is $69,890. Employment is 30.

Median annual wage

$45,530

10th percentile
$33,280
25th percentile
$37,440
Median
$45,530
75th percentile
$58,130
90th percentile
$69,890
Mean
$49,110

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Forest and Conservation Workers, the published 10th percentile is $33,280 and the 90th percentile is $69,890. The difference is $36,610, which is 80.4% 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 $37,440 to the 75th at $58,130, covers $20,690.

The mean annual wage is $49,110, which sits above the median of $45,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 4.2% higher than the national median of $43,680 for Forest and Conservation Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,448, which is 7.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Forest and Conservation Workers at $40,448 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Forest and Conservation Workers. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 2nd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 98 miles away, with a median of $39,490 and employment of 110. That median is 13.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,507, against $40,448 here.
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 189 miles away, with a median of $51,300 and employment of 80. That median is 12.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,383, against $40,448 here.

Employment share

Forest and Conservation Workers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (30 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (6,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.08 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Forest and Conservation Workers make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest and Conservation Workers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $45,530. The 10th percentile is $33,280 and the 90th percentile is $69,890. Employment is 30.

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

The local median is 4.2% higher than the national median of $43,680.

What is Forest and Conservation Workers pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $45,530 is $40,448. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ compare with nearby metros for Forest and Conservation Workers?

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 98 miles away, at $39,490. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.