Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary and Pay
How much do Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary make?
The median Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary worker earns $100,830 a year, and the mean annual wage is $103,780. BLS counted 1,310 people in this occupation in May 2024. The middle half of earners make between $81,380 and $125,080.
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary salary data without the self-reported noise: BLS surveyed the employers, and this page prints the ladder, the states, and the metros exactly as the survey published them.
Updated November 5, 2026
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The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $58,670 | n/p |
| 25th percentile | $81,380 | n/p |
| Median (50th) | $100,830 | n/p |
| 75th percentile | $125,080 | n/p |
| 90th percentile | $154,630 | n/p |
The five rows are five different workers in the same occupation, from the 10th percentile ($58,670) to the 90th ($154,630). BLS suppresses cells that fail its reliability rules (n/p here) and caps the highest wages at $239,200+ a year or $115.00+ an hour; in this ladder that top code appears at the very top rows only.
Employment and concentration
With 1,310 jobs nationally, Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary make up 0.00% of U.S. employment as BLS measured it in May 2024. The map is uneven: Oregon alone holds 120 of those jobs, the top three states hold 23.7%, and the deepest concentration sits in Montana (location quotient 15.81, where 1.00 is the national average). A quotient above 2 usually signals a local industry cluster rather than evenly spread demand.
One in ten workers in this field earns $58,670 or less, and one in ten earns $154,630 or more, so the top-to-bottom ratio is 2.6 to 1 and the annual gap is $95,960. The mean ($103,780) versus median ($100,830) comparison shows a right-skewed ladder where senior and specialist roles lift the average in this occupation.
Pay by state
Sorted by employment, the table below puts Oregon first at 120 jobs; sorted by median pay instead, Michigan would lead at $133,540. Both orderings are printed in one table:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 120 | 0.1 | 7.29 | $112,600 | $98,880 |
| Colorado | 100 | 0.0 | 3.87 | $95,000 | $88,330 |
| Wisconsin | 90 | 0.0 | 3.65 | $96,030 | $84,460 |
| Alabama | 70 | 0.0 | 3.80 | $79,950 | $77,360 |
| Montana | 70 | 0.1 | 15.81 | $91,730 | $100,320 |
| Virginia | 70 | 0.0 | 1.94 | $123,750 | $127,460 |
| Michigan | 60 | 0.0 | 1.62 | $130,720 | $133,540 |
| West Virginia | 50 | 0.1 | 8.30 | $101,670 | $100,830 |
| Georgia | 40 | 0.0 | 1.03 | $101,390 | $97,660 |
| Indiana | 40 | 0.0 | 1.44 | $108,850 | $102,010 |
| Maine | 40 | 0.1 | 6.94 | $106,870 | $102,330 |
| Minnesota | 40 | 0.0 | 1.66 | $108,590 | $97,620 |
| South Carolina | 40 | 0.0 | 2.05 | $106,130 | $100,830 |
| Washington | 40 | 0.0 | 1.32 | $95,130 | $94,510 |
| Arizona | 30 | 0.0 | 1.19 | $89,360 | $71,670 |
| Tennessee | 30 | 0.0 | 1.17 | $119,130 | $103,650 |
| Texas | 30 | 0.0 | 0.29 | $107,570 | $100,390 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary stands number 815 by employment and number 123 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Educational Instruction and Library Occupations, the group median wage is $76,210 across 64 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 32% more than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 8,947,690 jobs. In 5 of the 17 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $100,830, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is the largest metro employer with 40 jobs, 3.1% of the national total. Two rankings follow across the 1 metros BLS publishes for this occupation: where the jobs are, then where the money is, with the pay ranking restricted to metros employing at least 500 people in this occupation to keep small samples out of the lead.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 40 | $108,590 | $97,620 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
As a household number, $100,830 a year is $8,402 a month gross, $3,878 every two weeks, $1,939 a week. Moving from the 25th percentile ($81,380) to the 75th ($125,080) is worth $43,700 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. The next step from a gross figure is a net one: run the $8,402 monthly figure through the paycheck calculator applies your state's taxes, the salary calculator compares two offers in any unit, and the raise vs inflation calculator tells you whether a nominal raise is a real one.
To place a real offer: a salary of $110,913 would sit between the median ($100,830) and the 75th percentile ($125,080), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $81,380, is $19,450 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Educational Instruction and Library Occupations
The occupations BLS groups with this one, by size: Self-Enrichment Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary, Instructional Coordinators, Tutors, Special Education Teachers, Secondary School. Every one of the 826 published occupations is indexed on the Careers hub.
Frequently asked questions
What is the median salary for Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary?
$100,830 a year (not published), the middle wage among 1,310 counted workers in the BLS May 2024 estimates. The 75th percentile is $125,080 and the 90th is $154,630.
Where are Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary jobs concentrated?
By headcount, Oregon leads with 120 jobs; by concentration, Montana leads with a location quotient of 15.81, meaning the occupation is 15.81 times as dense there as nationally.
What do the top 10% of Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary earn?
$154,630 a year or more. The gap between the 90th percentile and the median ($100,830) is the size of the senior and specialist premium in this occupation.
How does EveryCalc get Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary pay data?
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS bulk files for May 2024 (national, state, and metropolitan), downloaded November 5, 2026. Nothing on this page is self-reported by workers or scraped from job postings.