Forestry Federal Employee Pay and Staffing

March 2025 workforce snapshot. The Forestry occupation series had 1,870 employees with an average salary of $86,729.

1,870 employees in this occupation series

$86,729 average pay

Biological Sciences Group occupation family

Forest Service largest agency for this occupation

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Occupation family

Forestry is reported under the Biological Sciences Group family in the latest OPM summary.

Agencies that employ the most Forestry staff

These are the agencies with the biggest reported headcount in this occupation series.

Agency	Department	Employees	Total salary expense	Average pay	Share of occupation
Forest Service	Department of Agriculture	1,334	$112,555,569	$84,374	71.3%
Bureau of Land Management	Department of the Interior	150	$12,414,283	$82,762	8.0%
Natural Resources Conservation Service	Department of Agriculture	98	$8,416,153	$85,879	5.2%
Indian Affairs	Department of the Interior	78	$7,471,794	$95,792	4.2%
U.s. Army Corps of Engineers	Department of Defense	21	$1,780,338	$84,778	1.1%
United States Army Installation Management Command	Department of Defense	19	$1,613,746	$84,934	1.0%
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service	Department of the Interior	17	$1,424,243	$83,779	0.9%

Common pay plans for Forestry

This shows the pay plans most commonly attached to this occupation series in the latest OPM summary.

Pay plan	Employees	Average pay	Share of occupation
GS	1,717	$84,843	91.8%

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Occupation totals come from the latest OPM FedScope Employment Summary Data (March 2025).