Forest Aide Salary in Massachusetts

How much does a Forest Aide make in Massachusetts?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Forest Aide in Massachusetts is $32,612 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $16.

However, a Forest Aide's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $40,238
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $32,495 to $36,604
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $32,389

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Forest Aide Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$36,604	$3,050	$704	$18
Average	$32,612	$2,718	$627	$16
25th Percentile	$32,495	$2,708	$625	$16

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Key Factors That Influence Forest Aide Salaries

A Forest Aide's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how geographic location, and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Forest Aide Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Forest Aides. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $33,179.
California: $33,053.
Massachusetts: $32,612.

District of Columbia $33,179 California $33,053 Massachusetts $32,612 Washington $32,492 New Jersey $32,480 Alaska $32,438 Connecticut $32,025 New York $31,857

Hawaii $31,321 Rhode Island $31,069 Maryland $30,898 Minnesota $30,664 Colorado $30,575 Illinois $30,545 Oregon $30,431 Delaware $30,347

New Hampshire $30,294 Virginia $30,176 Pennsylvania $29,831 Nevada $29,658 North Dakota $29,601 Michigan $29,511 Wisconsin $29,478 Vermont $29,412

Texas $29,229 Maine $29,217 Arizona $29,199 Ohio $29,178 Georgia $28,902 Indiana $28,765 Wyoming $28,738 Utah $28,696

Iowa $28,678 Kansas $28,534 Louisiana $28,492 North Carolina $28,477 Missouri $28,471 Florida $28,354 Montana $28,291 Nebraska $28,231

Kentucky $28,198 South Carolina $28,078 Tennessee $28,003 Idaho $27,973 New Mexico $27,755 Oklahoma $27,707 Alabama $27,530 South Dakota $27,233

Arkansas $27,071 West Virginia $26,985 Mississippi $26,724

Top Paying Cities for Forest Aides

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Agawam: $30,912
Amherst: $31,138
Barre: $31,449

Agawam, MA $30,912 Amherst, MA $31,138 Barre, MA $31,449 Belchertown, MA $31,109 Blandford, MA $31,051 Bondsville, MA $31,115 Brimfield, MA $31,283 Chester, MA $30,922

Chesterfield, MA $30,926 Chicopee, MA $30,908 Cummington, MA $30,842 Easthampton, MA $30,981 East Longmeadow, MA $30,931 East Otis, MA $31,056 Feeding Hills, MA $30,929 Gilbertville, MA $31,364

Goshen, MA $30,923 Granby, MA $30,990 Granville, MA $31,156 Hadley, MA $31,056 Hampden, MA $30,994 Hardwick, MA $31,382 Hatfield, MA $31,061 Haydenville, MA $31,023

Holyoke, MA $30,937 Huntington, MA $30,964 Leeds, MA $30,984 Leverett, MA $31,177 Ludlow, MA $30,965 Monson, MA $31,116 North Amherst, MA $31,117 Northampton, MA $31,006

Florence, MA $30,987 North Hatfield, MA $31,047 Oakham, MA $31,437 Palmer, MA $31,153 Plainfield, MA $30,833 Russell, MA $31,046 Shutesbury, MA $31,225 Southampton, MA $30,964

South Barre, MA $31,437 South Hadley, MA $30,973 Southwick, MA $31,040 Thorndike, MA $31,113 Three Rivers, MA $31,070 Wales, MA $31,255 Ware, MA $31,258 Warren, MA $31,308

West Chesterfield, MA $30,922 Westfield, MA $30,974 West Hatfield, MA $31,030 West Springfield, MA $30,910 West Warren, MA $31,262 Whately, MA $31,049 Wheelwright, MA $31,417 Wilbraham, MA $30,980

Williamsburg, MA $30,959 Woronoco, MA $31,015 Worthington, MA $30,859 Springfield, MA $30,907 Longmeadow, MA $30,918 Indian Orchard, MA $30,921 Pittsfield, MA $30,742 Adams, MA $30,710

Ashley Falls, MA $31,123 Becket, MA $30,829 Berkshire, MA $30,739 Cheshire, MA $30,730 Dalton, MA $30,742 Glendale, MA $30,753 Great Barrington, MA $30,950 Hinsdale, MA $30,767

Housatonic, MA $30,757 Lanesboro, MA $30,718 Lee, MA $30,774 Lenox, MA $30,736 Lenox Dale, MA $30,741 Middlefield, MA $30,792 Mill River, MA $31,047 Monterey, MA $30,945

North Adams, MA $30,695 North Egremont, MA $30,914 Otis, MA $30,972 Richmond, MA $30,709 Sandisfield, MA $31,131 Savoy, MA $30,766 Sheffield, MA $31,073 South Egremont, MA $31,013

Southfield, MA $31,146 South Lee, MA $30,802 Stockbridge, MA $30,737 Tyringham, MA $30,864 West Stockbridge, MA $30,716 Williamstown, MA $30,601 Windsor, MA $30,761 Greenfield, MA $31,096

Ashfield, MA $30,908 Athol, MA $31,463 Bernardston, MA $31,150 Buckland, MA $30,910 Charlemont, MA $30,848 Colrain, MA $31,038 Conway, MA $31,017 Deerfield, MA $31,088

Drury, MA $30,785 Erving, MA $31,259 Heath, MA $30,886 Lake Pleasant, MA $31,198 Millers Falls, MA $31,226 Monroe Bridge, MA $30,738 Montague, MA $31,185 Gill, MA $31,202

New Salem, MA $31,313 Northfield, MA $31,223 Orange, MA $31,358 Petersham, MA $31,442 Rowe, MA $30,801 Royalston, MA $31,380 Shelburne Falls, MA $31,003 South Deerfield, MA $31,070

Sunderland, MA $31,146 Turners Falls, MA $31,181 Warwick, MA $31,240 Wendell, MA $31,269 Wendell Depot, MA $31,280 Fitchburg, MA $31,678 Ashburnham, MA $31,581 Ashby, MA $31,670

Ayer, MA $31,952 Devens, MA $31,880 Baldwinville, MA $31,492 East Templeton, MA $31,525 Gardner, MA $31,560 Westminster, MA $31,563 Groton, MA $31,977 Harvard, MA $31,917

Hubbardston, MA $31,530 Leominster, MA $31,684 Littleton, MA $32,030 Lunenburg, MA $31,785 Pepperell, MA $31,971 Shirley, MA $31,875 Still River, MA $31,838 Templeton, MA $31,524

Townsend, MA $31,855 West Groton, MA $31,919 West Townsend, MA $31,781 Winchendon, MA $31,469 Winchendon Springs, MA $31,498 Auburn, MA $31,402 North Dartmouth, MA $31,588 South Dartmouth, MA $31,590

North Attleboro, MA $31,432 Plainville, MA $31,649 Attleboro Falls, MA $31,477 North Dighton, MA $31,545 Norton, MA $31,969 Raynham, MA $32,139 Raynham Center, MA $32,106 Rehoboth, MA $31,223

Rochester, MA $31,664 Seekonk, MA $31,079 Swansea, MA $31,281 Berkley, MA $31,696 Taunton, MA $31,884 Westport, MA $31,577 Westport Point, MA $31,574 Berlin, MA $31,627

Cataumet, MA $31,734 Blackstone, MA $31,504 Boylston, MA $31,454 Brookfield, MA $31,387 Charlton, MA $31,426 Charlton City, MA $31,427 Charlton Depot, MA $31,427 Clinton, MA $31,585

East Brookfield, MA $31,413 Douglas, MA $31,467 East Princeton, MA $31,531 Fiskdale, MA $31,374 Grafton, MA $31,438 Holden, MA $31,408 Holland, MA $31,322 Jefferson, MA $31,435

Lancaster, MA $31,735 Leicester, MA $31,404 Linwood, MA $31,517 Manchaug, MA $31,444 Millbury, MA $31,404 Millville, MA $31,483 New Braintree, MA $31,405 Northborough, MA $31,501

Northbridge, MA $31,507 North Brookfield, MA $31,414 North Grafton, MA $31,419 North Oxford, MA $31,416 North Uxbridge, MA $31,489 Oxford, MA $31,432 Princeton, MA $31,527 Rochdale, MA $31,407

Rutland, MA $31,454 Shrewsbury, MA $31,408 Southbridge, MA $31,420 South Grafton, MA $31,457 South Lancaster, MA $31,660 Spencer, MA $31,415 Sterling, MA $31,567 Sturbridge, MA $31,397

Upton, MA $31,545 Uxbridge, MA $31,499 Webster, MA $31,456 Dudley, MA $31,445 Westborough, MA $31,527 West Boylston, MA $31,441 West Brookfield, MA $31,353 West Millbury, MA $31,407

Whitinsville, MA $31,498 Sutton, MA $31,440 Worcester, MA $31,396 East Walpole, MA $32,379 Cherry Valley, MA $31,399 Paxton, MA $31,409 Framingham, MA $32,128 Village Of Nagog Woods, MA $32,075

Boxborough, MA $31,973 Acton, MA $32,074 Ashland, MA $31,932 Bedford, MA $32,207 Hanscom Afb, MA $32,382 Bolton, MA $31,791 Carlisle, MA $32,107 Concord, MA $32,188

Fayville, MA $31,874 Holliston, MA $31,924 Hopedale, MA $31,658 Hopkinton, MA $31,695 Hudson, MA $31,837 Marlborough, MA $31,785 Maynard, MA $32,064 Mendon, MA $31,601

Milford, MA $31,709 Natick, MA $32,522 Sherborn, MA $32,300 Southborough, MA $31,781 Foxboro, MA $32,122 Franklin, MA $31,779 Greenbush, MA $32,431 Green Harbor, MA $32,256

Hingham, MA $32,643 Hull, MA $32,972 Humarock, MA $32,296 Mansfield, MA $32,074 Marshfield, MA $32,273 Marshfield Hills, MA $32,327 Medfield, MA $32,364 Medway, MA $31,918

Millis, MA $32,156 Minot, MA $32,431 Norfolk, MA $32,062 North Marshfield, MA $32,256 North Scituate, MA $32,486 Norwell, MA $32,399 Norwood, MA $32,563 Ocean Bluff, MA $32,256

Scituate, MA $32,463 Sharon, MA $32,294 Sheldonville, MA $31,785 South Walpole, MA $32,177 Stoughton, MA $32,319 Walpole, MA $32,301 Westwood, MA $32,753 Wrentham, MA $31,779

Boston, MA $33,298 Roxbury, MA $33,296 Roxbury Crossing, MA $33,297 Dorchester, MA $33,287 Dorchester Center, MA $33,263 Mattapan, MA $33,243 Charlestown, MA $33,294 Jamaica Plain, MA $33,282

Roslindale, MA $33,236 West Roxbury, MA $33,188 Allston, MA $33,289 Brighton, MA $33,272 Hyde Park, MA $33,136 Readville, MA $33,116 Cambridge, MA $33,276 Somerville, MA $33,292

Malden, MA $33,226 Everett, MA $33,273 Chelsea, MA $33,277 Revere, MA $33,225 Winthrop, MA $33,254 Medford, MA $33,241 West Medford, MA $33,214 Quincy, MA $33,025

Melrose, MA $33,122 Stoneham, MA $32,969 Braintree, MA $32,677 Milton, MA $33,077 Milton Village, MA $33,184 Weymouth, MA $32,632 East Weymouth, MA $32,669 South Weymouth, MA $32,399

North Weymouth, MA $32,951 East Boston, MA $33,298 Brockton, MA $32,304 Avon, MA $32,318 Bridgewater, MA $32,231 Bryantville, MA $32,255 Carver, MA $31,925 Duxbury, MA $32,168

East Bridgewater, MA $32,292 Easton, MA $32,297 Elmwood, MA $32,278 Halifax, MA $32,225 Hanover, MA $32,331 Hanson, MA $32,271 Holbrook, MA $32,332 Middleboro, MA $31,885

Manomet, MA $31,979 Lakeville, MA $31,790 Monponsett, MA $32,236 Abington, MA $32,319 North Carver, MA $32,016 North Easton, MA $32,303 North Pembroke, MA $32,279 Pembroke, MA $32,265

Plymouth, MA $31,937 Kingston, MA $32,139 South Carver, MA $31,883 Plympton, MA $32,126 Randolph, MA $32,449 Rockland, MA $32,334 South Easton, MA $32,279 West Bridgewater, MA $32,301

White Horse Beach, MA $31,997 Whitman, MA $32,307 Lexington, MA $32,709 Brookline, MA $33,282 Brookline Village, MA $33,286 Waltham, MA $32,909 North Waltham, MA $33,093 New Town, MA $33,196

Babson Park, MA $32,901 Newton, MA $33,222 Newton Center, MA $33,200 Newtonville, MA $33,178 Newton Highlands, MA $33,171 Newton Lower Falls, MA $33,021 Newton Upper Falls, MA $33,133 West Newton, MA $33,124

Auburndale, MA $33,059 Chestnut Hill, MA $33,260 Waban, MA $33,111 Watertown, MA $33,251 Arlington, MA $33,168 Arlington Heights, MA $33,152 Belmont, MA $33,191 Waverley, MA $33,221

Wellesley Hills, MA $32,900 Wellesley, MA $32,782 Needham, MA $32,964 Weston, MA $32,766 Needham Heights, MA $33,079 Nonantum, MA $33,196 Buzzards Bay, MA $31,810 Lincoln, MA $32,511

Stow, MA $31,952 Sudbury, MA $32,210 Wayland, MA $32,482 Woodville, MA $31,670 Woburn, MA $32,673 Burlington, MA $32,375 Andover, MA $31,721 Billerica, MA $32,103

Chelmsford, MA $32,125 Dracut, MA $32,069 Dunstable, MA $32,056 Haverhill, MA $31,691 Georgetown, MA $31,743 Groveland, MA $31,712 Lawrence, MA $31,653 Methuen, MA $31,659

North Andover, MA $31,691 Lowell, MA $32,129 Merrimac, MA $31,676 North Billerica, MA $32,117 North Chelmsford, MA $32,121 North Reading, MA $32,006 Nutting Lake, MA $32,119 Pinehurst, MA $32,155

Reading, MA $32,317 Tewksbury, MA $32,007 Tyngsboro, MA $32,087 Wakefield, MA $32,714 West Boxford, MA $31,749 Westford, MA $32,089 Wilmington, MA $32,034 Winchester, MA $33,035

Lynn, MA $32,993 Saugus, MA $33,035 Swampscott, MA $32,834 Nahant, MA $33,091 Amesbury, MA $31,658 Beverly, MA $32,249 Boxford, MA $31,736 Byfield, MA $31,764

Danvers, MA $32,186 Essex, MA $32,001 Gloucester, MA $32,036 Hamilton, MA $32,063 Hathorne, MA $32,079 Chilmark, MA $31,690 East Falmouth, MA $31,749 East Sandwich, MA $31,883

East Wareham, MA $31,803 Edgartown, MA $31,789 Falmouth, MA $31,704 Woods Hole, MA $31,640 Menemsha, MA $31,701 Monument Beach, MA $31,756 Nantucket, MA $31,971 North Falmouth, MA $31,715

Oak Bluffs, MA $31,757 Onset, MA $31,764 Pocasset, MA $31,744 Sagamore, MA $31,855 Sagamore Beach, MA $31,871 Sandwich, MA $31,859 Siasconset, MA $31,938 Silver Beach, MA $31,701

Vineyard Haven, MA $31,726 Wareham, MA $31,737 West Chop, MA $31,735 West Falmouth, MA $31,695 West Tisbury, MA $31,717 West Wareham, MA $31,723 Hyannis, MA $31,994 Barnstable, MA $31,924

Brewster, MA $31,968 Centerville, MA $31,913 Chatham, MA $31,990 Cotuit, MA $31,849 Ipswich, MA $31,887 Cummaquid, MA $31,934 Lynnfield, MA $32,431 Manchester, MA $32,195

Marblehead, MA $32,575 Middleton, MA $31,938 Newburyport, MA $31,701 Newbury, MA $31,759 Salisbury, MA $31,634 Peabody, MA $32,479 Prides Crossing, MA $32,269 Rockport, MA $31,971

Rowley, MA $31,813 Salem, MA $32,469 South Hamilton, MA $32,012 Topsfield, MA $31,909 Wenham, MA $32,091 West Newbury, MA $31,711 Accord, MA $32,421 Bellingham, MA $31,649

Brant Rock, MA $32,191 Canton, MA $32,470 Cohasset, MA $32,637 Dedham, MA $33,024 Dover, MA $32,614 East Mansfield, MA $32,200 Dennis, MA $31,960 Dennis Port, MA $32,023

East Dennis, MA $31,937 Eastham, MA $31,925 East Orleans, MA $31,806 Forestdale, MA $31,817 Harwich, MA $31,995 Harwich Port, MA $32,010 Hyannis Port, MA $31,935 Marstons Mills, MA $31,878

Mashpee, MA $31,808 North Chatham, MA $31,984 North Eastham, MA $31,925 North Truro, MA $31,868 Orleans, MA $31,953 Osterville, MA $31,881 Provincetown, MA $31,918 South Chatham, MA $31,997

South Dennis, MA $31,997 South Harwich, MA $32,002 South Orleans, MA $31,963 South Wellfleet, MA $31,858 South Yarmouth, MA $32,015 Truro, MA $31,845 Wellfleet, MA $31,883 West Barnstable, MA $31,919

West Chatham, MA $31,995 West Dennis, MA $32,003 West Harwich, MA $32,011 West Hyannisport, MA $31,954 West Yarmouth, MA $31,989 Yarmouth Port, MA $31,974 Assonet, MA $31,617 Attleboro, MA $31,335

Chartley, MA $31,998 Cuttyhunk, MA $31,626 Dartmouth, MA $31,588 Dighton, MA $31,442 East Freetown, MA $31,623 East Taunton, MA $31,862 Fairhaven, MA $31,589 Fall River, MA $31,534

Somerset, MA $31,380 Marion, MA $31,658 Mattapoisett, MA $31,605 New Bedford, MA $31,587 Acushnet, MA $31,598

Forest Aide Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Forest Aide salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $32,612. While startup companies pay approximate $32,612.

Forest Aide Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$32,612
Growth Stage	51~500	$32,612
Established	501~5000	$32,612
Enterprise	5000+	$32,612

Forest Aide Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Forest Aide's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$32,495

Average $32,612/year

$36,604

$2,708

Average $2,718/month

$3,050

$625

Average $627/week

$704

$16

Average $16/hour

$18

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$36,604	$3,050	$704	$18
Average	$32,612	$2,718	$627	$16
25th Percentile	$32,495	$2,708	$625	$16

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