It's been previously reported by Ax Men's Mike Pihl, owner of the Mike Pihl Logging Company, Inc., that entry-level positions with his company start around $14/hour and average $18/hour after a few years. Logging equipment operator is the most common position in the field, with other logging workers, fallers/buckers, truck drivers, and supervisors rounding out the top 5 filled positions.
In Vernonia, a city in Columbia County, Oregon where Mike Pihl Logging Inc is located and where logging has played an important role in the history of the town, the average income for full-time loggers is $37,447. While the History Channel does not publish information regarding the salary of the loggers in Ax Men, according to Salary.com, the median expected salary for a typical Logger in the United States is $34,241.
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