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Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary earn $101,420 a year at the midpoint

A small field — roughly 1,520 people nationwide — with a midpoint of $101,420. Pay runs from about $50,100 at the low end to $148,920 at the top, per the 2025 federal survey.

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$101,420median a year · United States
—an hour $102,450average 1,520people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$77,44025th $101,420median $126,93075th
$50,10010th percentile $148,92090th percentile
$77,440a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$138,130best-paying state · Michigan
$61,730lowest-paying state · California
+36%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Paid by the yearThe survey publishes no hourly figure for this occupation — it is typically salaried, often on a school or contract year.
State matters a lotThe same job pays $138,130 in Michigan and $61,730 in California — a gap of $76,400 a year.

Postsecondary forestry and conservation science teacher earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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  • Prepared course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Prepared and delivered lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics, such as forest resource policy, forest pathology, and mapping.
  • Evaluated and graded students' class work, assignments, and papers.

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Postsecondary forestry and conservation science teacher pay rate, hourly to yearly

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$101,421a year

Postsecondary forestry and conservation science teacher wages, state by state

Across 16 states the median ranges by 2.24 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Michigan $138,130 $111,670 $111,670 — $138,370 60
Virginia $132,820 $66,470 $66,470 — $176,210 60
Oregon $126,930 $66,880 $66,880 — $184,340 210
Arizona $115,730 $73,980 $73,980 — $124,630 60
North Carolina $108,430 $63,360 $63,360 — $173,400 90
Washington $104,490 $52,230 $52,230 — $160,830 40
Montana $104,220 $33,490 $33,490 — $124,670 60
Indiana $102,330 $71,470 $71,470 — $180,450 40
Wisconsin $98,410 $65,120 $65,120 — $173,640 40
Georgia $94,310 $56,650 $56,650 — $136,710 40
West Virginia $84,450 $69,060 $69,060 — $119,000 40
Minnesota $82,670 $38,330 $38,330 — $131,720 180
Maine $82,280 $59,110 $59,110 — $137,130 50
Alabama $80,380 $48,230 $48,230 — $125,460 80
Missouri $79,820 $51,780 $51,780 — $123,680 70
California $61,730 $37,700 $37,700 — $201,100 110

No. 112 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 86% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 110 Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers $101,920
  2. 111 Management Analysts $101,860
  3. 112 Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary $101,420
  4. 113 Nuclear Medicine Technologists $101,370
  5. 114 Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other $101,110

Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary$101,420
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary$94,980−$6,440 Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary$93,250−$8,170 Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary$85,020−$16,400 Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$84,620−$16,800 Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary$80,340−$21,080 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$80,250−$21,170

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Questions people ask most

What is a postsecondary forestry and conservation science teacher’s yearly income?

A postsecondary forestry and conservation science teacher makes a median of $101,420 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $77,440 and $126,930.

What is the starting pay for a postsecondary forestry and conservation science teacher?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $77,440 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $50,100.

Which state pays forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary the most?

Michigan, with a median of $138,130 a year.

How many people work as forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary?

About 1,520 in the United States — number 112 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Jobs that pay about the same

Median pay within $620 of what forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary earn — $101,420 a year — but not always the same spread.

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