Farming & Agriculture
Logging Workers
SOC 45-4022
Fell and process trees for timber, on rough and risky terrain.
The job
Median pay
$50k
$44k to $61k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-3.8% projected
Openings a year
4k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
4/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
61st pct
More exposed than 61% of occupations · modeled estimate · 1st pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
36/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1,860 | 0.9 | 6.5× | $48k |
| Oregon | 1,860 | 0.9 | 7.0× | $59k |
| Georgia | 1,620 | 0.3 | 2.5× | $45k |
| Arkansas | 1,280 | 1.0 | 7.3× | $48k |
| Mississippi | 1,220 | 1.0 | 7.8× | $50k |
| Washington | 1,150 | 0.3 | 2.4× | $75k |
| North Carolina | 990 | 0.2 | 1.5× | $48k |
| California | 950 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $62k |
| South Carolina | 920 | 0.4 | 3.0× | $48k |
| Michigan | 860 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $48k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 830 | 1.3 | 9.6× | $45k |
| Florida | 770 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $49k |
| Louisiana | 770 | 0.4 | 2.9× | $59k |
| Virginia | 570 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $46k |
| Idaho | 560 | 0.7 | 4.8× | $56k |
| Texas | 500 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $63k |
| Wisconsin | 480 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $46k |
| Arizona | 459 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $48k~ |
| Tennessee | 400 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Pennsylvania | 360 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $47k |
| Minnesota | 320 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $59k |
| West Virginia | 310 | 0.4 | 3.3× | $36k |
| Kentucky | 300 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $30k |
| New York | 290 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $48k |
| Ohio | 260 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $51k |
| Iowa | 244 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $60k~ |
| Montana | 190 | 0.4 | 2.7× | $57k |
| Kansas | 178 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $53k~ |
| New Hampshire | 170 | 0.2 | 1.8× | $52k |
| New Jersey | 157 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $53k~ |
| Indiana | 150 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $46k |
| New Mexico | 147 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $46k~ |
| Nebraska | 143 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $62k~ |
| Missouri | 140 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $42k |
| Oklahoma | 130 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $37k |
| Massachusetts | 124 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $49k~ |
| Colorado | 70 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $50k |
| Hawaii | 70 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $59k~ |
| Maryland | 60 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $48k |
| Utah | 60 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $56k~ |
| Vermont | 60 | 0.2 | 1.5× | $53k |
| Nevada | 55 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $49k~ |
| South Dakota | 50 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $59k |
| North Dakota | 47 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $63k~ |
| Delaware | 42 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $54k~ |
| Illinois | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $71k |
| Wyoming | 40 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $50k |
| Connecticut | 35 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $51k~ |
| Alaska | 16 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $70k~ |
| Rhode Island | 16 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $53k~ |
| Washington DC | 6 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $96k~ |
Top metro areas
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA300 jobs · $39k median
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA290 jobs · $65k median
- Eugene-Springfield, OR250 jobs · $58k median
- Longview-Kelso, WA180 jobs · $77k median
- Tuscaloosa, AL160 jobs · $47k median
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC150 jobs · $50k median
- Albany, OR130 jobs · $58k median
- Bangor, ME130 jobs · $44k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Logging Workers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.