Logging Workers Definition and Average Annual Wage
Logging Workers has the following 4 comprehensive occupations. You can find the detailed information including related career programs, offered schools, and annual age at each occupation's page.Fallers
Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.
Hourly Wage: $29, Annual Wage: $61,190
Logging Equipment Operators
Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers.
Hourly Wage: $24, Annual Wage: $49,790
Log Graders and Scalers
Grade logs or estimate the marketable content or value of logs or pulpwood in sorting yards, millpond, log deck, or similar locations. Inspect logs for defects or measure logs to determine volume.
Hourly Wage: $23, Annual Wage: $47,120
Logging Workers, All Other
All logging workers not listed separately.
Hourly Wage: $25, Annual Wage: $52,950