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Forest and Conservation Workers pay in Idaho and South Carolina
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Forest and Conservation Workers is $59,460 per year in Idaho. It is $44,050 per year in South Carolina. Idaho is 35.0% above South Carolina on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 45-4011 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Idaho and 40 in South Carolina. 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