|Quick Facts: Logging Workers| |2010 Median Pay|| $32,870 per
year $15.80 per hour |Entry-Level Education||High school diploma
or equivalent| |Work Experience in a Related Occupation||None|
|On-the-job Training||Moderate-term on-the-job training| |Number
of Jobs, 2010||53,200| |Job Outlook, 2010-20||4% (Slower than
average)| |Employment Change, 2010-20||2,300| Logging workers
harvest thousands of acres of forests each year. The timber they
harvest provides the raw material for countless consumer and
industrial products. Logging jobs are physically demanding and
can be hazardous. Workers spend all of their time outdoors,
sometimes in poor weather and often in isolated areas. Most
logging workers have a high school diploma. They get on-the-job
training to become familiar with forest environments and to
learn how to operate logging machinery. The median annual wage
of logging workers was $32,870 in May 2010. Employment of
logging workers is expected to increase 4 percent between 2010
and 2020, slower than the av