Forestry except logging

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
44.6k
2022
Average Employee Age
43.1
2022
Estimated Job Growth
−2.63%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$62,279
2022
Average Male Salary
$63,139
2022
Average Female Salary
$60,483
2022

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 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $65,145. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $24,718.

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 2022 was 44,580 people, with 32.4% woman, and 67.6% men.

In 2022, 80.9% of the workforce in the Forestry except logging Industry Group was White (36,060 people), of which 32.7% were women and 67.3% men.

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 44,580 people and is concentrated in California (5,658 workers). The average annual salary was $62,279, being $2,404 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (5.66k), Oregon (3.55k), and Idaho (2.67k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Forestry except logging Industry Group had an average annual wage of $62,279, $2,404 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.319
WAGE GINI

Forestry except logging has a wage GINI of 0.319, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

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Occupations

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

Conservation scientists & foresters are the most common position with 4,309 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 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were conservation scientists & foresters (4,309 people), firefighters (4,233 people), and forest & conservation workers (3,833 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$63,139
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$5,354
$60,483
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$7,328

On average, Male workers in the Forestry except logging Industry Group make 1.04 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.

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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.

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Intermediate Inputs

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

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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

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

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.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. 3,824
  2. 2,786
  3. 2,682

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

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Diversity

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

Of the total workforce, 32.4% corresponds to women and 67.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $63,139 and $60,483.

71.8% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or graduate degree.

Gender and Age

14,438
Women
32.4%
30,142
Men
67.6%

The workforce of Forestry except logging industry in 2022 was 44,580 people, with 32.4% woman, and 67.6% men.

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

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Races

In 2022, 80.9% of the workforce in the Forestry except logging industry was White (36,060 people), of which 32.7% were women and 67.3% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Forestry except logging workers in 2022 were bachelors degree (16,564 people), some college (8,264 people), and graduate degree (7,180 people).

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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 −2.63% in the next ten years. The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −2.63%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (7.33%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (7.33%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting.
−2.63%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
−2.63%
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 −2.63%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting.
7.33%
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10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry.

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