# Market evidence report — forester

Source: **36 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 36), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 29 | 81 % |
| senior | 4 | 11 % |
| n/a | 2 | 6 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GIS | 9 | 25 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 6 | 17 % |
| 3 | GPS | 5 | 14 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 11 % |
| 5 | ArcGIS | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | Microsoft Word | 3 | 8 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forest management | 14 | 39 % |
| 2 | forest management planning | 7 | 19 % |
| 3 | data analysis | 5 | 14 % |
| 4 | data collection | 5 | 14 % |
| 5 | forest inventory | 5 | 14 % |
| 6 | budget management | 4 | 11 % |
| 7 | pest management | 4 | 11 % |
| 8 | reforestation | 4 | 11 % |
| 9 | timber cruising | 4 | 11 % |
| 10 | timber harvesting | 4 | 11 % |
| 11 | budget development | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | contract administration | 3 | 8 % |
| 13 | silviculture | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | timber marking | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | wildfire mitigation | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | wildfire suppression | 3 | 8 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | best management practices | 3 | 8 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record keeping | 4 | 11 % |
| 2 | compliance monitoring | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | landowner assistance | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | project implementation | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | staff supervision | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | technical assistance provision | 3 | 8 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 36 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

36 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- forest management — 39 % (14 ads)
- forest management planning — 19 % (7 ads)
- data analysis — 14 % (5 ads)
- data collection — 14 % (5 ads)
- forest inventory — 14 % (5 ads)
- budget management — 11 % (4 ads)
- pest management — 11 % (4 ads)
- reforestation — 11 % (4 ads)
- timber cruising — 11 % (4 ads)
- timber harvesting — 11 % (4 ads)

**Top tools:**

- GIS — 25 % (9 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 17 % (6 ads)
- GPS — 14 % (5 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 11 % (4 ads)
- ArcGIS — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 8 % (3 ads)
- 4x4 pickups — 6 % (2 ads)
- bulldozers — 6 % (2 ads)
- clinometer — 6 % (2 ads)
- GIS software — 6 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 81 % · senior 11 % · n/a 6 % · junior 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Forester | 6 |
| Farm - Forest Manager | 2 |
| Stewardship Forester | 2 |
| Area Forester-Five Forks District | 1 |
| Area Forester-Tidewater District | 1 |
| Field Forester / Forestry Technician — Impactful Forest Work | 1 |
| Field Forester Tidewater District (Home-Based) | 1 |
| Forest Assistant Manager (Permanent) - Weiser Forest District, Columbia County | 1 |
| Forest Sustainability & Certification Manager | 1 |
| Forester & Forestry Technician Open Pools | 1 |
| Forester (Fire & Land Mgmt) - 20051205 | 1 |
| Forester I - Staff Forester | 1 |
| Forestry Assistance Program (FAP) Forester | 1 |
| Forestry Inventory Senior Supervisory Forester | 1 |
| Forestry Resource Manager | 1 |
| Forestry Technical Officer/Forestry Technical Manager, depending on experience | 1 |
| Full Time Forester | 1 |
| GNA Forestry Technician 2026-01152 | 1 |
| Harvesting Forester | 1 |
| Inventory Forester | 1 |
| Private Lands Wildlife Forester | 1 |
| Remote Forestry GHG Technical Manager | 1 |
| Seasonal Forestry Worker | 1 |
| Senior Forester | 1 |
| Senior Silviculture Forester | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.