Supervisors

• First-line supervisors and managers coordinate workers, schedules and budgets to complete forestry projects efficients and under budget. They comprise 20,200 workers who earn a median of $19.47 per hour, with a range of $11.02 to $33.44. The industries that hire the most of these professionals are support activities for logging, with 2,320 jobs and a mean hourly wage of $24.46. The industry that pays the highest salaries are business, professional, labor and political organizations with an hourly mean of $30.80, but with only 60 total positions.
  
  

Workers

• Forestry and conservation workers maintain and protect forests and other wilderness areas by planting seedlings, combating tree diseases and building erosion-control structures. They consist of 5,840 workers who make a median $12.30 per hour with a range of $8.95 to $22.37. The biggest employers of forestry workers is state governments, with 3,120 positions that pay a mean $13.63 per hour. The top-paying employers are colleges, universities and professional schools, with an hourly mean of $16.12 but offering only 40 jobs.
  
  

Fallers

• Fallers chop down trees using axes or chain saws. They comprise 6,480 positions that earn a mean hourly wage of $17.10 per hour. The industry with the most fallers is logging, with employment at 5,620 and a mean hourly rate of $17.05. The industry that offers the highest pay are services to buildings and dwellings, with an hourly wage of $20.27 and employment at 300.
  
  

Logging Equipment Operators

• Logging equipment operators drive and operate vehicles equipped with devices to fell trees; load, unload and stack logs; or clear brush. They consist of 23,630 workers who earn a mean hourly wage of $15.80. The logging industry hires the most operators, with 19,570 positions and an hourly mean of $15.92. The highest-paying industries are pulp, paper and paperboard mills, with mean wages at $19.59 hourly and 300 jobs.