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Last updated: April 17, 2024
Forester Aide Salary
in Columbia, South Carolina
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$33,522 (USD)
Average Salary
$16/hr
Average Hourly
$442
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Forester Aide is $33,522 a year and $16 an hour in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for a Forester Aide is between $25,276 and $39,255. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Columbia, South Carolina.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
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About Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. It is the center of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 858,302 in 2023, and is the 70th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States. The name Columbia is a poetic term used for the United States, derived from the name of Christopher Columbus, who explored...
Job Summary
Description:
- Assists Forestor by compiling data pertaining to size, content, condition, and other characteristics of forest tracts, under direction of Forester, leading workers in forest propagation, fire prevention, and suppression, and facility maintenance.
- Travels through forest in designated pattern to gather basic forest data, such as topographical features, species and population of trees, wood units available for harvest, disease and insect damage, tree seedling mortality, and conditions constituting fire danger.
- Marks trees of specified specie, condition, and size for thinning or logging.
- Compiles and records data from instruments, such as rain gauge, thermometer, stream-flow recorder, and soil moisture gauge.
- Holds stadia rod, clears survey line, measures distances, records survey data, and performs related duties to assist in surveying property lines, timber sale boundaries, and road and recreation sites.
- Trains and leads conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, collecting seed cones, suppressing fires, cleaning and maintaining recreational facilities, and clearing fire breaks and access roads.
- Gives instructions to visitors of forest, and enforces camping, vehicle use, fire building, sanitation, and other forest regulations.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Forester Aide is $33,522 a year and $16 an hour in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for a Forester Aide is between $25,276 and $39,255. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Columbia, South Carolina.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Forester Aide Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Forest and Conservation Technicians
Job family population: 29,120
Estimated population of Forester Aide jobs: 26,773
Rate of error: 1.1%
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About Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. It is the center of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 858,302 in 2023, and is the 70th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States. The name Columbia is a poetic term used for the United States, derived from the name of Christopher Columbus, who explored...
Job Summary
Description:
- Assists Forestor by compiling data pertaining to size, content, condition, and other characteristics of forest tracts, under direction of Forester, leading workers in forest propagation, fire prevention, and suppression, and facility maintenance.
- Travels through forest in designated pattern to gather basic forest data, such as topographical features, species and population of trees, wood units available for harvest, disease and insect damage, tree seedling mortality, and conditions constituting fire danger.
- Marks trees of specified specie, condition, and size for thinning or logging.
- Compiles and records data from instruments, such as rain gauge, thermometer, stream-flow recorder, and soil moisture gauge.
- Holds stadia rod, clears survey line, measures distances, records survey data, and performs related duties to assist in surveying property lines, timber sale boundaries, and road and recreation sites.
- Trains and leads conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, collecting seed cones, suppressing fires, cleaning and maintaining recreational facilities, and clearing fire breaks and access roads.
- Gives instructions to visitors of forest, and enforces camping, vehicle use, fire building, sanitation, and other forest regulations.
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Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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