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Forestry and Logging: NAICS 113

About the Forestry and Logging subsector

The forestry and logging subsector is part of the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector.

Industries in the Forestry and Logging subsector grow and harvest timber on a long production cycle (i.e., of 10 years or more). Long production cycles use different production processes than short production cycles, which require more horticultural interventions prior to harvest, resulting in processes more similar to those found in the Crop Production subsector. Consequently, Christmas tree production and other production involving production cycles of less than 10 years, are classified in the Crop Production subsector.

North American Industry Classification System

The forestry and logging subsector consists of these industry groups:

Timber Tract Operations: NAICS 1131
Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products: NAICS 1132
Logging: NAICS 1133

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in forestry and logging. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry , data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment by Occupation


Data series	Employment, 2025
Fallers	2,440
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers	2,420
Logging equipment operators	16,680
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	430
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	8,040

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Earnings

Recent hourly and annual earnings for occupations commonly found in forestry and logging.

Earnings by Occupation


Data series	Wages, 2025
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Fallers	24.62	27.76	51,200	57,740
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers	34.75	35.04	72,280	72,890
Logging equipment operators	24.44	26.13	50,840	54,350
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	23.10	24.17	48,060	50,280
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	25.06	25.77	52,120	53,590

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in forestry and logging. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.


Data series	2023	2024
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	60	67
There was a series break beginning with 2023 data due to NAICS 2022. Data for years prior to 2023 are available at www.bls.gov/iif.


Data series	2024
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	1.3
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	0.7
Cases involving days away from work	0.5
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.3
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in forestry and logging.

Establishments


Data series	4th quarter 2024	1st quarter 2025	2nd quarter 2025	3rd quarter 2025
Number of establishments
Private industry	8,740	(p)8,581	(p)8,582	(p)8,569
Local government	3	(p)3	(p)3	(p)2
State government	11	(p)11	(p)11	(p)11
Federal government	70	(p)70	(p)70	(p)70
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Data extracted on: May 15, 2026