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Forest and Conservation Technicians pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and Baton Rouge, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Forest and Conservation Technicians is $52,280 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. It is $87,500 per year in Baton Rouge, LA. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 40.3% below Baton Rouge, LA 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 110 wage and salary jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and 50 in Baton Rouge, LA. 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