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Here are the stats for earnings for a conservation biologist in PA:

Conservation Biologist Salary in Pennsylvania
Annual Salary Monthly Pay
Top Earners $137,328 $11,444
75th Percentile $121,300 $10,108
Average $80,910 $6,742
25th Percentile $59,600 $4,966

Conservation Biologist Salary in Pennsylvania – ZipRecruiter

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The hourly rate you are being paid is well below the 25th percentile. Is your job that of conservation biologist or a much less responsible position? Having you been working in states like Mississippi or Alabama where the government is really cheap? PA isn’t an expensive state to live in and these salaries are way above what you’re earning. Thay you are an hourly worker suggests that for some reason your employer isn’t treating you as a professional. Job hopping works a lot more to your advantage in nongovernmental jobs than it does in government, which pretty much comes down to tenure and job rating, until you reach middle management or higher.