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Forest and Conservation Technicians pay in Alabama and North Dakota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Forest and Conservation Technicians is $56,720 per year in Alabama. It is $68,600 per year in North Dakota. Alabama is 17.3% below North Dakota on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4071 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 180 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 160 in North Dakota. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings