Forest engineering majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with a forest engineering degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in forest engineering. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 47 forest engineering major resumes to identify the jobs forest engineering majors most prefer.
Highest-Paying Jobs With a Forest Engineering Degree
- Starting Salary$43,000Job openings96,494Top Locations:Charleston, SC; Tucson, AZ; Wichita, KS;Job Description:General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
- Starting Salary$38,000Job openings169,569Top Locations:Louisville, KY; Mount Olive, NC; Oklahoma City, OK;Job Description:General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
- Starting Salary$37,000Job openings118,140Top Locations:Houston, TX; Portland, OR; Birmingham, AL;Job Description:Industrial machinery mechanics and maintenance workers maintain and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery, such as conveying systems, production machinery, and packaging equipment. Millwrights install, dismantle, repair, reassemble, and move machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.
- Starting Salary$37,000Job openings137,443Top Locations:Austin, TX; New York, NY; Memphis, TN;Job Description:General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
- Starting Salary$36,000Job openings168,718Top Locations:Charlotte, NC; Columbia, SC; Houston, TX;Job Description:General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
- Starting Salary$31,000Job openings178,450Top Locations:Job Description:General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
- Starting Salary$31,000Job openings195,560Top Locations:Austin, TX; Bardstown, KY; Dallas, TX;Job Description:General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
- Starting Salary$30,000Job openings156,225Top Locations:San Antonio, TX; Lenexa, KS; Plymouth, MI;Job Description:General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
- Starting Salary$29,000Job openings171,217Top Locations:New York, NY; Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA;Job Description:General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
- Starting Salary$28,000Job openings233,558Top Locations:Houston, TX; Prudhoe Bay, AK; Atlanta, GA;Job Description:General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
