Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Park Naturalists make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Park Naturalists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $34020 to $46210 per year or $16 to $22 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Park Naturalist will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Park Naturalist to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Park Naturalists make with other careers, they have a salary rank of B.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$47	$98450
Senior (Top 25%)	$38	$79600
Middle (Mid 50%)	$29	$61310
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$22	$46210
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$16	$34020

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
AK	$ 45	$ 93,390
CT	$ 42	$ 87,710
NJ	$ 41	$ 85,360
MD	$ 38	$ 79,070
PR	$ 37	$ 77,380
OR	$ 37	$ 76,790
CA	$ 37	$ 75,980
VA	$ 36	$ 75,370
MN	$ 35	$ 72,650
MA	$ 35	$ 72,200

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Park Naturalist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like AK doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at AK might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Park Naturalists are in the states of AK, CT, NJ, MD and PR.

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