Forestry except logging

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

47.3k

2023

Average Employee Age

42.7

2023

Estimated Job Growth

0.766%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$64,823

2023

Average Male Salary

$66,084

2023

Average Female Salary

$62,241

2023

About

The top three occupations in the Forestry except logging Industry Group are conservation scientists & foresters, firefighters, and forest & conservation workers. On average, full-time employees in the Forestry except logging Industry Group work 43.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $67,549. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $24,408.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Forestry except logging Industry Group are Del Norte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas & Siskiyou Counties PUMA, CA, Central Idaho--Lewiston City & Nez Perce Reservation PUMA, ID, and Douglas County PUMA, OR.

The workforce of Forestry except logging Industry Group in 2023 was 47,301 people, with 32.8% woman, and 67.2% men.

In 2023, 77.8% of the workforce in the Forestry except logging Industry Group was White (36,795 people), of which 33.1% were women and 66.9% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Forestry except logging Industry Group.

The workforce in Forestry except logging Industry Group was 47,301 people and is concentrated in California (6,355 workers). The average annual salary was $64,823, being $2,904 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.88%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were California (6.36k), Oregon (3.66k), and Idaho (2.89k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Forestry except logging Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Forestry except logging Industry Group had an average annual wage of $64,823, $2,904 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

The graph shows the position of Forestry except logging Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.321

WAGE GINI

Forestry except logging has a wage GINI of 0.321, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Forestry except logging (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Forestry except logging Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Forestry except logging Industry Group.

Conservation scientists & foresters are the most common position with 4,802 workers, but the Forestry except logging Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firefighters and Forest & conservation workers.

The highest average salary in Forestry except logging goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Forestry except logging Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were conservation scientists & foresters (4,802 people), firefighters (4,405 people), and forest & conservation workers (4,324 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$66,084

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,932

$62,241

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$7,271

On average, Male workers in the Forestry except logging Industry Group make 1.06 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Forestry except logging Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Forestry except logging Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Forestry except logging Industry Group.

The Forestry except logging Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry.

California and Washington stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Forestry except logging Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Forestry except logging is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Forestry except logging Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Forestry except logging Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Forestry except logging is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade

The Forestry except logging Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Forestry except logging is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Forestry except logging Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Forestry except logging Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
2,123
Washington
1,391
Oregon
1,384

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Forestry except logging industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Forestry except logging Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 32.8% corresponds to women and 67.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $66,084 and $62,241.

72.1% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or graduate degree.

Gender and Age

15,515

Women

32.8%

31,786

Men

67.2%

The workforce of Forestry except logging industry in 2023 was 47,301 people, with 32.8% woman, and 67.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Forestry except logging industry.

Races

In 2023, 77.8% of the workforce in the Forestry except logging industry was White (36,795 people), of which 33.1% were women and 66.9% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Forestry except logging workers in 2023 were bachelors degree (17,963 people), some college (8,343 people), and graduate degree (7,804 people).

The chart shows the Forestry except logging workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 0.766% in the next ten years. The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.766%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (14.9%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (14.9%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting.

0.766%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

0.766%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 0.766%, the average rate of national job growth.