Georgia · 2025 pay

How much do Georgia Forestry Commission employees make?

Name: Georgia Forestry Commission employee pay 2025
Creator: PublicPayData

$51,889typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$34,261 – $62,470what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

Georgia Dept. of Audits and Accounts publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Ranger 3 Ranger 1 Ranger 2

✓ Official data from Georgia Dept. of Audits and AccountsMatches the agency's latest releaseaudits.ga.gov ↗

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $31,849 in 2016 to $51,889 in 2025 (+63%).

Typical payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2024

+3.2%Typical pay went up from $50,275 to $51,889.
−11679 people were paid in 2025, compared with 690 in 2024.
+63%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $31,849 to $51,889, while the number of people paid went down from 773 to 679.

The next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by December).

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

Job	People	Typical pay	Most earn	Since 2024
Ranger 3	114	$55,560	$52k – $60k	▲ 3.5%
Ranger 1	100	$29,315	$13k – $44k	▼ 11.2%
Ranger 2	88	$48,607	$46k – $51k	▲ 5.4%
Support Services Worker	35	$12,911	$6k – $18k	▲ 34.1%
Chief Ranger 3	34	$65,284	$64k – $69k	▲ 3.4%
Chief Ranger 1	29	$59,780	$58k – $63k	▲ 1.8%
Fire Support Worker	20	$2,134	$1k – $3k	▲ 42.3%
Chief Ranger 2	18	$66,056	$59k – $70k	▲ 10.5%
Forester 2	18	$58,412	$55k – $62k	▲ 4.6%
Manager Forestry	16	$76,695	$71k – $80k	▲ 5.9%
Forester 4	15	$64,594	$62k – $67k	▲ 2.2%
Natural Resources Pgm Worker	13	$4,208	$3k – $6k	▲ 24.3%
Manager Firefighting and Prevention	11	$72,201	$68k – $82k	▼ 1.1%
Customer Service Representative 1	11	$37,748	$27k – $41k	▼ 5.8%
Forester 1	9	$52,863	$28k – $53k	▲ 3.7%
Manager 2 Natural Resources	6	$94,004	$88k – $98k	▲ 24.1%
Pilot 3	6	$64,390	$62k – $66k	▲ 2.0%
Compliance Specialist 2	5	$76,031	$67k – $79k	▲ 22.5%
Forester 3	5	$69,442	$61k – $70k	new
Forester Fia 2	5	$55,181	$52k – $61k	new
Admin Assistant 3	5	$52,109	$49k – $52k	▲ 10.4%
Forester Fia 1	5	$48,434	$27k – $50k	▼ 2.3%

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How many people earn what

Under $10k73
$10k – $30k90
$30k – $50k149
$50k – $70k276
$70k – $90k73
$90k – $110k15
$110k – $150k2
$150k or more1

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Common questions

How much does a Georgia Forestry Commission employee make?

The typical employee was paid $51,889 in 2025: half of the 679 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $34,261 and $62,470.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 73 people (10.8%) were paid under $10,000.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is gross pay as published; the source does not split it into regular pay and overtime.

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts (audits.ga.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by December).

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals